In most cases, the extent to which one subscriber uses a fixed connection has little impact on other customers, since each has a separate link to the internet.
"This is one of the most significant discoveries - quite small in extent but highly significant because of its data and what is represented in the shaft, " he told BBC News.
And ever since -- as an author, a historian and a crusader for tolerance -- she has taught the world that it is often in our most hopeless moments that we discover the extent of our strength and the depth of our love.
"It reveals that most local authorities are in the dark over the extent of homophobic bullying and, possibly, bullying generally, " he said.
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While they cannot be enforced in California, most states will enforce these agreements to a limited extent to protect the trade secrets of the employer.
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If retirement incomes depend to a much greater extent on personal savings in pension accounts, then most of the current incentives to retire early will disappear.
But most U.S. companies detail in their annual reports the extent to which a stock option expense plan, such as Coke is enacting, would have affected earnings.
In the most serious cases the enamel is worn away to such an extent that the dentine (the substance that comprises the bulk of the tooth) or even the pulp (the root) of the tooth are exposed.
It explains why Germans at the ECB opposed even the limited interventions by the central bank to buy up troubled Spanish and Italian debts - to the extent that two of the most senior Germans resigned in protest.
The Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, was a violent shock, but only in the nature and extent of the destruction: by then, most Americans had come to believe that the country would be dragged into the global war with Fascism one way or another, though their eyes were fixed on Europe, not the Pacific.
Worse, to the extent that private firms have had a look-in, most of the work in America has been granted to just two giant aerospace companies, Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
While there are differences in Islamic juristic prescriptions as to the extent women should cover themselves, the most "liberal" being that women today do not have to cover their head, the fact remains that where blatant lewdness is concerned, there can be no differences of opinion.
Mr Hague announced the "comprehensive audit" in July, saying it would provide "the most thorough and detailed analysis possible on the extent of EU powers" and valuable guidance for policy-makers in the future.
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Of course, most of the increase in CPI was driven by higher energy costs and, to a lesser extent, higher food costs.
According to the latest NVCA industry stats, most venture capitalists predict investment increases in Business IT, Healthcare IT, and to a lesser extent Consumer IT, the latter being the sector of greatest expectations last year.
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But they do argue it can only reduce the present extent of vote-buying, which, by most accounts, reached a zenith in the election last year.
Mr. ZARIFI: One of the most alarming things this year has been that in fact the attacks have been continuing and to some extent even increasing over the last couple of months.
But most importantly, to the extent that we block foreigners from investing -- for raising funds in the United States, we probably undercut the viability of our own system.
Still, "we do plan to, for the most part, treat them in a manner that is reasonably consistent with the Geneva Conventions, to the extent they are appropriate, " he said.
Most of those in the top ten have made handsome gains since 1996, although Benin and to a lesser extent Namibia, Tunisia and Lesotho have all lost ground.
Messrs Skelcher and Davis's research, which predated the Nolan reforms, also found evidence that the great and the good were to a large extent self-selecting: even in quangos where ministers have the final say, they found that most new members were chosen by the existing board often by personal recommendation.
"It is only now that we can see the full picture showing the extent of the UK's success in global recruitment, particularly from some of the world's most important emerging economies, " she said.
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