You've undoubtedly forgotten the dial-up experience, but try to remember back when you actually could see a Web page load line . . . by . . . line . . . .

您一定已经忘记拨号上网是什么感觉了，但您可以试着回想一下网页逐行加载时的情形。

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Particularly back in the days of dial-up internet, JPGs were the only viable way to send image information.

特别是回到拨号上网时代，JPG们是唯一可行的传送图像信息方式。

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We've cranked up the dial, and we don't get to crank it back.

我们已经朝这个方向拨了号，就不可能再拨回去了。

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Jim Pickrell got into the Internet service provider business in 1995, back when dial-up connections ruled the day and a 56k modem was considered fast.

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Germany and Spain took steps to dial back green-energy subsidies that have driven up household electricity bills.

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Their early foray into a non-existent, still-emerging field (back when the Internet was still in dial-up mode) has made the company a two-fold super success.

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