dial-up connection
Screechy online access
A dial-up connection is internet access established through a telephone line, where a modem literally dials a number to connect.
Standard from the early 1990s until broadband became widespread, dial-up was notoriously slow and tied up the phone line during use.
The term now evokes technological nostalgia: Remember waiting five minutes to load a single image on dial-up?
- Netscape NavigatorEarly commercial web browser
- World Wide WebHypertext system via Internet
- 56k modemTelephone-based internet hardware
- broadband internetFast, continuous network service
- busy signalTelephonic rejection sound
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Fast internet access
high-speed internet · fiber optic · cable internet · 5G · DSL
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