Dial-up
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In telecommunication, the term dial-up has the following meanings:
- Dial-up access, typically to the Internet
- A service feature in which a user initiates service on a previously arranged trunk or transfers, without human intervention, from an active trunk to a standby trunk.
- A service feature that allows a computer terminal to use telephone systems to initiate and effect communications with other computers.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
It is much slower than broadband