The Internet: the spread of broadband connections heralds the demise of dial-up access.

互联网：宽带网络的迅速普及预示着拨号连接的消亡。

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For their part, elderly users who rely on dial-up access may see little reason to upgrade to broadband.

从用户的角度考虑，对已经习惯于拨号网络的老年用户来说，他们几乎看不到升级到宽带的任何优势。

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Yes, there are still a fair number of users surfing the Internet with slower, less efficient, dial-up access.

这里还有相当一部分人是通过低速、低效的拨号方式上网的。

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He reckons that broadband is not a replacement for dial-up access, but an add-on.

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Granted, the monthly amount is roughly what you'd pay for unlimited dial-up access from a major ISP anyway.

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The five-year-old firm, a cable-TV operator with about 30, 000 Manila customers, began offering Internet-over-cable in July as an alternative to conventional dial-up access.

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