Wi-fi is also much faster than mobile phone data networks and traditional dial-up connections.
You can do all this even if your Internet connection is a creaky-slow dial-up modem.
Those clicking on the "yes" box may find some of their dial-up settings changed.
The big players, on the other hand, are looking beyond dial-up fees for their money.
Example: access to the Internet in nations without much dial-up or DSL or cable or Wi-Fi.
Before there was a blogosphere, in those heady days of dial-up, how did one get culture?
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Immediately I discovered one thing: On a dial-up 28.8 connection, GM's site is slow.
He reckons that broadband is not a replacement for dial-up access, but an add-on.
If you have the time--and I emphasize time--try this in a hotel with your 56k dial-up.
But since the days of dial-up, the value proposition has been hard to discern.
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Windows 95, with built-in Internet support and dial-up networking, marked the coming of the Internet Age.
He has one telephone line, which he also uses for dial-up Internet access at 46kbps.
True, you could buy a lot of minutes of dial-up time for a billion dollars.
It would have taken more than 11 minutes to download over a dial-up internet connection.
One is that the bill should clearly exempt broadband access, as well as dial-up service, from tax.
Web applications are often slow, because most consumers have to gain access to them over dial-up connections.
Right now the company relies on dial-up ISDN and 56K bps modems for most of its Internet access.
Granted, the monthly amount is roughly what you'd pay for unlimited dial-up access from a major ISP anyway.
One of the most troubling issues it faces is the slow growth in subscribers to its dial-up service.
The company had 626, 000 dial-up customers, down from 741, 000 a year ago, with 526, 000 broadband customers, down from 609, 000.
Decades ago, ADP enabled clients to administer their payroll off-site by connecting to processing centers via a dial-up modem.
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Not only were computer dial-up offerings delayed, but higher speed ISDN and DSL services went almost entirely to competitors.
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We were in the dial-up days, dialing up to AOL in our office.
But 2.5G systems still transfer data at more than twice the rate of dial-up Internet modems found in homes.
It leases a data network supporting 4, 000 dial-up numbers--more than AOL, he says.
That means EarthLink is looking high and low for dial-up customers to buy.
It works regardless of whether I'm on the Net via a dial-up connection.
After all, they have dial-up numbers to promote wellness, but do their plans have programs to foster involvement and prevention?
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Since 1998, when dial-up connections were still popular, Netsuite established itself as a pioneer in providing online business applications.
MyTurn's operating system was first developed over a decade ago by Geoworks and used in America Online's first dial-up software.
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