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- adjective computing Alternative spelling of
dial-up . - noun computing Alternative spelling of
dial-up .
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Examples
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Couldn't find the original story (dialup is SO slow!) on the microarray "expression suite" findings.
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That is to gain dialup access via an ISP which offers a local number, and then link to AOL via the web you know www. aol.com or whatever the URL is.
aol connection 2006
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Google on the other hand, have assumed a higher growth rate and long term NPV on each account as the churn from dialup is reversed as The G-Web O/S meets dark fiber and free wi-fi becomes a reality: They value them today at $769.
Archive 2005-12-01 Ben Barren 2005
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But remember your dialup is only going to be as good as your telephone line quality.
AOL at Lakeside 2005
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Google on the other hand, have assumed a higher growth rate and long term NPV on each account as the churn from dialup is reversed as The G-Web O/S meets dark fiber and free wi-fi becomes a reality: They value them today at $769.
AOL Email Value = A. $0.0003 B. $769 C. $5000 Ben Barren 2005
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The dialup is $5.15/month (one hour's work at minimum wage).
Boing Boing: February 23, 2003 - March 1, 2003 Archives 2003
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Unfortunately my job requires an upload speed of at least 128kpbs, so dialup is not an option ...
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Needleless to say $809 pesos for dialup is a hell of a lot more than I pay for cable, thats on 24/7. pau
Prodigy Infinitum 2002
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Any law that say’s we have to allow bandwidth hogs to saturate our network back to slower than dialup is just socialist crap.
Updated: Time Warner Cable Backs Off Metered Broadband Everywhere 2009
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From the point of view of a customer in a rural area where SLOW dialup is the only option other than very expensive satellite internet, I feel that every little extra thing that I don’t want, that is inserted into the data stream of the browsing I am doing, is annoying, intrusive and unnecessary.
How Should I.S.P.s Tell You if They Want to Track Your Surfing? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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