Participants of the trial saw speeds consistently in the range of 8-12 Mbps and frequent performance above 20 Mbps.

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Among the company's motivations to settle before a trial would be to avoid the higher end of that range, which U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier could impose if he ruled the company acted with gross negligence before the well blowout on April 10, 2010, that triggered an explosion, killing 11 workers and spawning the nation's worst offshore oil spill.

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Another archetype is more externally oriented, featuring companies that team with outside partners to evaluate a wide range of opportunities, rapidly select the ones to trial and often implement the ideas through these partners.

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"Obviously, people at a shooting range fire guns, " Cipparone told NPR several days before the trial was scheduled to begin.

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The trial, which has been running for four weeks, has heard how the brothers were involved in a range of lucrative activities including shops, a petrol station, rental property and a security company.

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Meanwhile, a range of other legal issues that remain unresolved must be dealt with before the case can proceed to trial.

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