That's why the backbones' current proprietors are constantly upgrading, and working on ways to milk more bandwidth from their existing fiber.

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Microlending--disbursing working capital in tiny doses to small businesses and sole proprietors--is now all the rage at the World Bank and other antipoverty agencies.

FORBES: Waking Dead Capital

Microlending--disbursing working capital in tiny doses to small businesses and solo proprietors--is now all the rage at the World Bank and other antipoverty agencies.

FORBES: Waking Dead Capital