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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The company is hoping the product appeals to consumers who grew up in the 1990s when LAN parties, dial-up internet, and floppy disk drives were common.
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PC Magazine, 23 July 2025
An actual floppy disk drive for old games would have been rad, though, as would a crusty 28K modem to use for dial-up internet.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
On dial-up internet, Barnard taught himself Macromedia Flash and built interactive games and songs starring two original characters: Boowa the Blue Dog and Kwala the Yellow Koala, a hit in 2007 with a 52-episode TV series produced by ITV Studios and aired internationally.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Back then, only 2 in 5 households had internet access, mostly through slow dial-up connections on desktop computers.
—Meg Leta Jones, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 23 July 2025
An actual floppy disk drive for old games would have been rad, though, as would a crusty 28K modem to use for dial-up internet.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
On dial-up internet, Barnard taught himself Macromedia Flash and built interactive games and songs starring two original characters: Boowa the Blue Dog and Kwala the Yellow Koala, a hit in 2007 with a 52-episode TV series produced by ITV Studios and aired internationally.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Back then, only 2 in 5 households had internet access, mostly through slow dial-up connections on desktop computers.
—Meg Leta Jones, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
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“Dial-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dial-up. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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