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dial-up
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method of internet access using a phone line and the creation of specific tones
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Encyclopedic overview
An array of modems used to accept incoming calls for dialing-up to the Internet
Typical noises of dial-up modem (North America and United Kingdom) while a modem is establishing a connection with a local ISP server in order to get access to the public Internet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dial-up” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.