By the end of 1999, practically all schools had at least dial up connection (mostly small country side schools).
截至到1999年年底时候为止,几乎所有的学校都至少能够提供拨号连接(绝大多数是乡村学校)。
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If the dial is set to the other side and Google hangs on to the information, the services will be more useful, but some dreadful intrusions into privacy could occur.