Even if such a platform can be designed, the big exchanges are finding it harder to stay ahead of the gadflies, thanks to the falling cost of technology.

即便这样一个平台能设计出来，由于技术成本的降低，大交易所更难在竞争中保持领先。

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A third of the cost went into technology and services.

1/3的成本用于技术和服务。

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Cost,including transportation, may decide the success of the new technology.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

"Promoting our common goals around education,health care, energy,public safety, and,I think in each of those areas, you actually see on the floor here new innovative ideas to take advantage of this general purposes technology that broadband is, and apply it to provide better services at lower cost in each of these areas."

VOA: special.2010.01.26

This is the story of how one man combined LEDs with solar energy technology to bring high-quality, low-cost electric light to poor people around the world.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Simultaneously, the cost of technology and regulatory compliance has skyrocketed, said the Instinet review.

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The exploding cost of technology and regulatory compliance has made it increasingly difficult for the smaller regional firms to survive.

FORBES: Too Big To Fail, Too Small To Succeed

Of course, the cost of technology comes down as volume increases.

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