Sentence examples for patchy network from inspiring English sources
And unlike a programme streamed over 3G or broadcast via a dedicated mobile-TV network, shows stored on an iPod can be watched on an underground train or in regions with patchy network coverage.
Handsetmakers and operators like T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone are treading cautiously, amid talk of glitchy handsets, patchy network coverage and lackluster demand outside of early-adopter zones such as Japan and South Korea.
Face processing relies on a patchy network of regions in the temporal and frontal lobes.
Critics of the system say this gaping discrepancy is due to a patchy network of poorly labeled machines.
This is not only good for employees, but for beneficiaries, who should have access to a strong institutional support system rather than a patchy network of organizations on the brink of financial ruin.
While one in three Chadians owned a mobile phone by the end of 2011 (29), penetration rates in Chad are reported to be well below the African average, with patchy network coverage particularly in rural areas (30).
Voges et al. (2010) had a different take on the properties of patchy networks.
In addition to an anemic economy and a patchy telecommunications network, which makes dial-up connections frustratingly difficult, other challenges persist.
He is cosmopolitan well-travelled, well-educosmopolitan well-travelled and Indonesia: Appalachia, thanks to its mountains and patchy road network, is still insular and isolated.
Adding the three licenses to its patchy existing network in Brazil will allow América Móvil, controlled by the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú, to offer service in most of the country, the continent's largest, and to compete with services owned by deep-pocketed European rivals that already have extensive geographic coverage.
He says he is considering various projects in order to boost cycle use, including the creation of parking lots for 10,000 bikes, a new, more successful cycle-sharing scheme, and 20km more cycle paths to add to the patchy existing network.
