Contrary users may choose to remain on dial-up simply because the slow speed and intermittent connection provides a bulwark against the fast-moving online world.

保守的用户之所以坚持选择拨号连接的理由很简单，就是较低的速度与间断的连接成为阻隔瞬息万变再现世界的一道壁垒。

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A service that most people used at a painfully slow speed on a dial-up modem.

一个大多数人在拨号调制解调器十分缓慢而痛苦的速度下使用的服务。

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Roughly half of new subscribers converted from slower-speed, dial-up Internet access while the other half of households had no prior access.

近一半的新用户此前使用的是网速较慢的拨号上网服务，另一半用户之前没有订制网络服务。

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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.

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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.

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You just dial this thing up to speed like you're turning up the ceiling-fan rheostat.

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