Incumbent telecoms firms, not surprisingly, detest it, and stubbornly refuse to co-operate with rivals.

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They all stubbornly refuse to add up to much more than their parts.

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And then there's me with a Facebook page that deserves to stay in the archives as I stubbornly refuse to add a subscribe button.

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Gone are the days when holding stubbornly to the truth of your flaws and refuse to improve yourself.

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