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Dr Glazebrook said building park and ride car parks and increasing the number of trains on the network was a faster and cheaper way to overhaul the public transport network, which was crucial with a potential recession looming.

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  1. noun An openwork fabric or structure in which cords, threads, or wires cross at regular intervals.
  2. noun Something resembling an openwork fabric or structure in form or concept, especially:
  3. noun A system of lines or channels that cross or interconnect: a network of railroads.

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  • Of course, as AT&T starts to introduce proto-4G LTE networks in 2011, it will essentially be running its own VOIP application, as the network is all-IP and cannot handle voice calls in the same way as 2G and 3G networks. —  Unstrung:
  • If true, will a Japanese firm step forward and snap up the customers and patents held by a company that coined the catchphrase "the network is the computer"? —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • -- Identity-based security assigns access policies to users, enforcing those policies whenever and wherever a network is accessed;
  • They may get some cancellation penalties from EarthLink, and the $4m estimated to complete the network is both specious (the last part of a network is always more expensive to build; it's not linear to get to completion), and doesn't talk about the millions in annual operating cost. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • If your network is all about mapping to an airport departures and arrivals database, look for companies like Omnivex with direct experience in that. —  Latest News from JAVA Developer's Journal
 

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