DROPDIAL

drop-dial: translation

v.

To drop a user's existing Internet connection and then dial up a new connection that offers a service (such as a video or concert) over a premium-rate phone line.

"Just as broadcasters are assessing the potential of drop-dialling, so is the music industry. With MSN putting time and money into developing a website to stream concerts, it would not be surprising if MSNMusic.com introduced drop-diallers as an alternative to credit card subscriptions."

— Amy Vickers, "New media: Drop everything," The Guardian, March 19, 2001

dial tone

earballs

microchannel

music service provider

pay radio

pay-per-listen

Internet

Technology (General)