Imogen of the Internet can connect to dial-up BBSes by whistling into a funnel attached to a phone line.
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Dial-up
Synonyms for "dial-up"
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Spanish
2 entries- conexión por línea conmutada noun (Translations)
- red de acceso telefónico noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
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Tom still uses dial-up Internet.
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If you were alive in the late ’80s and early ’90s, you’ll remember the dial-up speeds of the terrestrial internet – slow and painful.
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It was a daring move at a time when many people's web experience was little more than a dial-up modem.
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