The comments follow longstanding concerns, expressed at national and European level, over the slow roll-out and take up of broadband internet services in Britain.

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It also means that small businesses will continue to slow roll hiring as they optimize for productivity in the face of real or perceived economic uncertainty.

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The slow and steady roll up of smart grid start-up companies is still rolling along.

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"We can slow down or even roll back the wave of data breach events that now dominate the headlines, " said Mr Rowney.

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The 3G roll-out was slow, painful to watch, and the benefits took significantly longer to reach the public because of the financial burden.

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But the Silver Linings roll out has been incredibly slow.

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The roll out is going to be slow so we can see how people use Graph Search and make improvements.

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Seymour sometimes gets an eye-roll from skiing purists for its slow chair lifts and relatively easy runs, but it remains the most popular place to learn to ski among Vancouverites.

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But capital spending on U-Verse is expected to slow in 2011, when the company expects to complete its initial roll-out to 30 million homes.

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Some soccer teams wet the field before a match to make the ball roll faster, while baseball teams grow out grass to slow ground balls.

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