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  • adjective computing Alternative spelling of dial-up.
  • noun computing Alternative spelling of dial-up.

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Examples

  • Couldn't find the original story (dialup is SO slow!) on the microarray "expression suite" findings.

    Amazing Brain Evolution 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • But remember your dialup is only going to be as good as your telephone line quality.

    AOL at Lakeside 2005

  • 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

  • The dialup is $5.15/month (one hour's work at minimum wage).

    Boing Boing: February 23, 2003 - March 1, 2003 Archives 2003

  • Unfortunately my job requires an upload speed of at least 128kpbs, so dialup is not an option ...

    DSL in Cancun (or any high-speed internet) 2002

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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