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  2. Dial-up Internet access - Wikipedia

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    Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line which could be connected using an RJ-11 connector. [1]

  3. MSN Dial-up - Wikipedia

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    MSN Dial-up is an Internet service provider operated by Microsoft in the United States and formerly also in several other countries. Originally named The Microsoft Network , it debuted as a proprietary online service on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of Windows 95 . [ 1 ]

  4. AOL - Wikipedia

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    AOL began in 1983, as a short-lived venture called Control Video Corporation (CVC), founded by William von Meister.Its sole product was an online service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console, after von Meister's idea of buying music on demand was rejected by Warner Bros. [8] Subscribers bought a modem from the company for $49.95 and paid a one-time $15 setup fee.

  5. MSN - Wikipedia

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    The Microsoft Network was initially a subscription-based dial-up online service that later became an Internet service provider named MSN Dial-up. At the same time, the company launched a new web portal named Microsoft Internet Start and set it as the first default home page of Internet Explorer, its web browser.

  6. Internet access - Wikipedia

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    Dial-up is often the only form of Internet access available in rural areas as it requires no new infrastructure beyond the already existing telephone network, to connect to the Internet. Typically, dial-up connections do not exceed a speed of 56 kbit/s, as they are primarily made using modems that operate at a maximum data rate of 56 kbit/s ...

  7. List of services by MSN - Wikipedia

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    Expedia, a travel website; MSNBC, a cable TV news channel; NBCNews.com, a U.S. and world news website (previously msnbc.com); Nine.com.au, a localized version of the web portal in Australia (previously ninemsn)

  8. Modem - Wikipedia

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    In 2000, dial-up Internet connections accounted for 74% of all US residential Internet connections. [citation needed] The United States demographic pattern for dial-up modem users per capita has been more or less mirrored in Canada and Australia for the past 20 years. Dial-up modem use in the US had dropped to 60% by 2003, and stood at 36% in 2006.

  9. Internet in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cable Internet access at speeds up to 2 Gbit/s [86] and Gigabit Pro Fiber in select areas with speeds up to 10 Gbit/s. [87] AT&T: 15,452,000 [85] DSL access at speeds up to 18 Mbit/s, and FTTN VDSL2 access (AT&T Internet) at speeds up to 100 Mbit/s. Fiber access available at up to 5 Gbit/s [88] Charter Spectrum: 30,328,000 [85]