But GPRS connections aren't much faster than what you might expect from a dialup mode.

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The terminal's request was then sent to CrossCheck's main processing center through a dialup server.

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Why let one machine have fast access and force the other to use a creeping dialup modem?

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Some of the ISP's dialup POPs in New York also were down, said Steve Dougherty, director of systems vendor management.

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"This is a great start, " says Jeffrey Pulver , co-founder of Vonage and current CEO of VoIP rival Free World Dialup .

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In that scenario, says Free World Dialup's Pulver, a carrier could block service and effectively make its own VoIP product the only available option.

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We were, however, pretty disappointed the system's lack broadband connection detection, as the video clips offered were extremely small, extremely poor quality, and rather short (read: wonderful for dialup users only).

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EarthLink currently has 4.8 million dialup and broadband users.

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In February, the FCC said that Free World Dialup should be considered an "unregulated information service" under FCC jurisdiction, rather than a telecom service, which would be governed by numerous state and federal regulations.

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