But still, some (private) firm wins the design contract, and then some other (private) firm or (private) firms contract out the labor (or most of it) to do things like, environmental studies, surveying, accounting, pouring concrete, laying bricks, stretching wire, managing the people who do environmental studies, surveying, accounting, pouring concrete, laying bricks and stretching wire.

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In effect, Skype has created a worldwide voice network, capable of reaching as many consumers as the biggest phone companies, but it has done it without laying down a single fiber-optic wire.

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