Sadly, we got only a marginally more reliable connection to the G3 through the concrete floor.

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"4G will bring a more reliable connection, " EE chief executive Olaf Swantee told the BBC.

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The lack of a reliable connection isn't just important to small business and domestic users - some larger companies are located in rural areas.

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On the third day, the reptiles were replaced by the occasional amphibian and I began to sense a reliable connection between one moment and the next, to feel with some security that I inhabited one body and one consciousness.

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All you really need is a computer, a reliable internet connection and a good trading strategy.

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Uniquely for the Okavango, and presumably thanks to the personal intervention of Allen, the latter provides a reliable Internet connection, and hence phone calls via Skype.

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The question has always been, of course, how reliable the connection is between the response to the blots (generally, people, animals or objects) and the alleged diagnosis.

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Mr. ANDREW JOHNSON (Comcast): When our customers connect to the Internet, they're going to be using the most reliable and powerful high-speed connection around.

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They had neither reliable email at home, nor a network connection to use for research and help.

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So, when searching Google for a graphic designer and all that comes up are a few design companies, classes for designing and Wikipedia pages, that social connection feels a whole lot more reliable.

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