because dial-up tech is firmly stuck in the 1990s as far as speeds are concerned. At best, you’ll get something approaching 56 Kbits/sec if you’ve got a nice V.92 modem and a great connection.

Dial-up Networking is used to establish a connection to a remote dial-up service with an analog modem. This was commonly used before the days of cable and DSL services. To set up a new connection ...

instead of the seconds it takes today. What’s even crazier is how expensive it was to use a dial-up connection in the late ...