Kearney and the University of Cambridge's business school showed that among multimedia phone users, slow network speeds, along with cost and privacy concerns, are the top three obstacles to greater use of wireless data services.

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There are three obstacles here.

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What makes these obstacles surmountable is that the three main participants want the process to begin.

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Originating in the USA, the sport involves avoiding zombies along a three mile (5km) run with obstacles.

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With only six workers in Burgundy and three in Limoges, Moynat's sole obstacles thus far are self-imposed.

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Those three steps are frequently cited by industry representatives as obstacles to expansion.

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Many observers have suggested that adding at least three women to any type of team effort improves performance because a non-token number (three) counters group think, one of the greatest obstacles to creativity and innovation.

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In a three-page memo dated January 1, 2006, Sampson noted the practical and political obstacles of dismissing U.S. attorneys.

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