dial-up internet

• modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
• AOLEarly internet provider
• connectingEstablishing a link
• screechHigh, harsh cry
• busy signalTelephonic rejection sound

phone line · 56k · buffering · waiting · disconnect · landline · static · login · password · Netscape · chatroom · downloading · slow · beeping · handshake · timeout · webpage · email

• dying industriesprint newspapers, landlines, payphones, cassette tapes, VCRs
• obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
• Gen XGeneration X, Gen X, MTV generation, latchkey kids, slackers
• tediumboredom, monotony, tedium, drudgery, busywork