Sentence examples for instead of upgrading from inspiring English sources

Sadly, the UK DAB industry clung to its antique technology instead of upgrading to DAB+, which allows AAC.

There are several general strategies for dealing with existing infrastructure, broadly defined. 1) Instead of upgrading, maintaining, and replacing deteriorating existing infrastructure, invest in new infrastructure.

Local politicians hope that spending £84m on a new road instead of upgrading public transport and local amenities will solve its social and economic problems.

Instead of upgrading their systems, he recommends that his competition surrender.

Personally I am getting a MacBook Pro for Christmas instead of upgrading to Microsoft's Vista.

Instead of upgrading to the new version of WordPress, he says, consider moving over to their platform.

First, we chose silicon powder as the feedstock starting material instead of upgraded silicon wafers.

(Companies may choose not to take part in this program, but then when a new Office version comes along, they'll have to buy all new copies instead of upgrade kits).

Instead of merely upgrading the city's tracks, a group of leaders convinced the federal government that it could dismantle the Chinese Wall and reroute the rails at no extra cost.

Instead of consumers upgrading from feature phones to smartphones, IDC attributes last quarter's recovery in smartphone shipments to a combination of low-priced models and stronger distribution networks as companies like Lenovo and Xiaomi use e-commerce and flash sales to sell devices directly to consumers who don't live near a brick-and-mortar store.

Verizon has cut a deal with Time Warner as well as Comcast to market their wireless services, instead of competing, upgrading their own networks or expanding Verizon's FIOS.