dial up
Pre-broadband internet access
Dial up refers to internet access established through a telephone line and modem, the dominant home connection method before broadband.
The modem would literally dial a phone number, producing distinctive screeching tones during connection.
Now largely obsolete, dial-up evokes nostalgia for early internet culture: Remember waiting five minutes to load a single image on dial-up?
To dial up can also mean to increase intensity: Let's dial up the pressure on this campaign.
Web access company
- AOLEarly internet provider
- CompuServeEarly commercial online service
- ProdigyExceptionally gifted youth
- EarthLinkTelecommunications and web provider
NetZero · MSN · BBS · Usenet · newsgroups · IRC · chatrooms · TCP/IP
Involving circular motion
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- handsetHeld telephone component
- toneQuality of sound
- signalMessage-conveying cue
busy · ring · operator · exchange · landline · long-distance · local · directory
Early free webpage service
- YahooNineties web services pioneer
- ICQEarly messaging software
- AIMDiscontinued messaging platform
- MySpaceFirst major social network
away message · buddy list · screen name · waiting · patience · busy signal · kicked off · phone line
Legacy modem bandwidth
- baudSignal change frequency unit
- handshakeMutual palm-gripping gesture
- PSTNPublic switched telephone network
- analogComparable equivalent
modulation · carrier signal · data transmission · duplex · error correction · compression · protocol · telecommunication
ISP
Web access company
- AOLEarly internet provider
- CompuServeEarly commercial online service
- ProdigyExceptionally gifted youth
EarthLink · NetZero · MSN · BBS · Usenet · newsgroups · IRC · chatrooms · TCP/IP · online
rotary
Involving circular motion
signal · busy · ring · operator · exchange · landline · long-distance · local · directory · number
GeoCities
Early free webpage service
MySpace · away message · buddy list · screen name · waiting · patience · busy signal · kicked off · phone line · nineties
56k
Legacy modem bandwidth
- baudSignal change frequency unit
- handshakeMutual palm-gripping gesture
- PSTNPublic switched telephone network
analog · modulation · carrier signal · data transmission · duplex · error correction · compression · protocol · telecommunication · initialization
amplify
Increase in strength
escalate · raise · enhance · magnify · augment · elevate · strengthen · maximize · volume · intensity
waiting
Remaining in expectation
lagging · patience · tedious · drawn-out · frustrating · interminable · timeout · retry · reconnect · sluggish
dial upbroadband
Fast internet access
high-speed internet · fiber optic · cable internet · DSL · gigabit
dial upmodern
Of recent times
cutting-edge · state-of-the-art · next-generation · future-proof · contemporary
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