Since the time of limited-bandwidth dial-up modems, browsers have limited the number of client-server connections.

自从低带宽的拨号调制解调器时代以来，浏览器一直限制客户机-服务器连接的数量。

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Back then, in 2000, fans started asking for a downloadable version, because everyone was still using dial-up modems and didn't want to tie up their phone lines.

到了2000年，粉丝们开始要求一个可以下载的版本，因为当时所有人都在使用拨号调制解调器上网，而且不想占用电话线。

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The high-pitched shrieking of dial-up modems, once the herald of a new digital age, now increasingly evokes a bygone era. It may even make some users feel nostalgic.

调制解调器拨号时如铺沥青般的刺耳声音，曾经成为新数字时代的代表标志，但如今也不过只是凭添使用者怀旧的忧伤。

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First, there are 50 million U.S. homes linked to the Internet today, and 48 million of them have slow dial-up modems.

FORBES: Above the fray

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.

FORBES: Wireless: The Next Generation

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.

ENGADGET: Switched On: Dash delivers open roads, open questions (Part 1)