Verizon initially said in a FAQ that it would slow users' access speed down to 256Kbps, "a little faster than typical dial-up speed" for up to three days - but later deleted the information from its site.
Most WAP phones download data at 9.6 kilobits per second, a snail's pace compared to the typical desktop dial-up speed of 56 kbps.
You just dial this thing up to speed like you're turning up the ceiling-fan rheostat.
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Power and Associates said that EarthLink ranked at the top or near the top for dial-up and high-speed Internet access, while AOL ranked comparatively low.
But it'll take some time to dial in and get up to speed because they've got different controls on the steering wheel, different settings, a different set-up, and different characteristics of aero balance.
Not only were computer dial-up offerings delayed, but higher speed ISDN and DSL services went almost entirely to competitors.
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It allows for connections at about the speed of current dial-up modems, several times faster than the 9.6 or 14.4 kilobits per second now available.
The mobile grabs data off the Web about three times as fast as a regular dial-up phone connection, plenty of speed for e-mail and sending photographs or videoclips.
TweakDUN: Improve the speed of your dial-up connection by adjusting the Windows 95 MTU. TweakDUN also lets you create and edit a host file, which can dramatically speed up Web browsing: Instead of contacting a domain name server to look up every IP address, your browser will cache them on your hard drive.
Parents can program a third button with up to 20 other speed-dial options, and set the device to only accept calls from those numbers.
IPass may be on the precipice of a new era of rapid growth as it migrates its business from providing dial-up connectivity to corporate customers to high-speed wireless networks.
The MEX-BT5000 acts as a hands free kit for any Bluetooth phone (although we're sure they'd prefer if it was one of their own), giving you access to up to 50 of your contacts and six of your speed dial entries through its "high resolution" screen and integrated noise-reducing micophone.
The company says three large US mobile operators are already customers for its Rocket Optimizer tech, meant to speed up all manner of data even as mobile connections have gone from dial-up to broadband speeds.
As a bonus, SpeedNet's customers will be able to plug into the Internet at warp speed, using connections that are more than 100 times faster than a dial-up modem.
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