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Slow medium for connecting to the Internet, which some people STILL use because:
1. They can't afford broadband (understandable, unlike the following)
2. They don't know about other ways to connect
3. They've been brainwashed into thinking AOL is number one
I'm surprised dial-up isn't free.
an internet connection that doesnt allow the people using it to talk on the phone at the same time, if you call someones house while their on dial-up internet you will recieve a sound so horrid that it will make your ears bleed.
it sounds like a robot being tortured.
Online Conversation:

Pete- Sup dawg?

MikeG- my fucking ears are bleeding!

Pete- Yo dawg that sucks, why they bleedin?

MikeG- because i just tryed to call your house but your pov ass family has dial-up!
dial-up by diseased sheep July 8, 2006
A horrible, extremely slow internet connection. With dial up your phone and computer use the same line.
Dial-Up:

Susie- I tried to call you but the line was busy!
Jane- Sorry, I was on the computer.
Susie- o_O
Dial-Up by Aspirations January 10, 2009
1) Of or relating to a network connection, as to the Internet, which requires that a telephone number be dialed.

2) A temporary, as opposed to dedicated, connection between machines established over a telephone line using modems.
My dial-up connection was interrupted by call waiting.
Dial-up by illEATurHARTout April 12, 2004
“ dial-up” (Adj.) as in a dial-up computer connection to indicate a outdated mode, thought, recommendation, or activity?
Person #1: Let’s go drink a beer and hang out at the Mall!

Person #2: Not for me, that is such a dial-up plan.

Passenger Parent: If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times to drive slower.

Driving Adolescent: If it weren't for the dial-up phrasing, I actually would.
dial-up by rhet June 16, 2009
Slow medium for connecting to the Internet, which some people STILL use because:
1. They can't afford broadband (understandable, unlike the following)
2. They don't know about other ways to connect
3. They've been brainwashed into thinking AOL is number one
4. Don't have broadband in their area.
I'm surprised dial-up isn't free .