The slow death of dial-up.

The article focuses on the decreasing use of dial-up connections to access the Internet. In 2000, South Korea became the first country in the world in which broadband subscribers exceeded dial-up users. Several segments of society that are expected to continue to use dial-up as their primary means f...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 382; no. 8519; pp. 13 - 15
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 3/10/2007
Subjects:	Internet appliances Computer input-output equipment Computer peripherals Modems Broadband communication systems
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article focuses on the decreasing use of dial-up connections to access the Internet. In 2000, South Korea became the first country in the world in which broadband subscribers exceeded dial-up users. Several segments of society that are expected to continue to use dial-up as their primary means for accessing the Internet are discussed, including those in rural areas and the elderly.