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We had our computers dial our phone system to make it seem like we were a busy company receiving a lot of calls.
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Second, every failed attempt to dial a PLDT number clogs our system.
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Also, T-Mobile has not been able to get my 911 address correct in their system, and if I dial for help right now, the police will see the address in their database as the T-Mobile store on Broadway, some 250 miles from my home, which they insist does not exist, despite the fact that I have owned it for 20 years.
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The city's emergency system works like this: Callers dial 911, and a New York Police Department operator answers.
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There's an automatic mode to BMW's SMG, and it happens to be a very pleasing system, with adjustable shift speed so you can dial in how smoothly gears change.
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It is not uncommon to dial up to 50 times before even getting through to the queuing system.
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Earlier this year it launched a network adapter for its PlayStation 2 gaming system that lets customers play against each other over the Internet using either a dial-up modem or a broadband connection.
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While Dash has done a good job of keeping the overall system responsive, it can't completely hide the effective difference between broadband and early dial-up modems.
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But there were a couple of critical differences in that deal: For one, with its millions of paying dial-up customers, AOL didn't need to build out an incredibly expensive broadband distribution system.
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MyTurn's operating system was first developed over a decade ago by Geoworks and used in America Online's first dial-up software.
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