dial-up
adjective
: relating to or being a standard telephone line used for computer communications
also
: accessible via a standard telephone line
a dial-up Internet provider
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Those over 30 remember the pain: that jump scare of dialing a phone number only to be met with the piercing sounds of a fax machine answer tone — the uninvited cousin of the dial-up modem.
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EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Now the company has announced it's getting rid of dial-up.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Regardless, the decline of dial-up has been a long time coming.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
But it’s now estimated that the end of AOL dial-up will probably only affect a few thousand people – some of whom are probably still logging on using a Compaq Presario.
—David Szondy
august 11, New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2025
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EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Now the company has announced it's getting rid of dial-up.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Regardless, the decline of dial-up has been a long time coming.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
But it’s now estimated that the end of AOL dial-up will probably only affect a few thousand people – some of whom are probably still logging on using a Compaq Presario.
—David Szondy
august 11, New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dial-up
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“Dial-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dial-up. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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