Last month, a company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" stated that the service would be discontinued.
After more than three decades, AOL is officially retiring its dial-up internet service. The change will take effect Sept. 30, ...
This column is for people who remember — or who heard stories from their parents or grandparents — that staticky, buzzing ...
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the sound—the chaotic screeching, static bursts, and electronic beeps that meant you were about to step out onto the World Wide Web. That unmistakable dial-up handshake ...
It’s the end of an era. AOL announced this week that it has discontinued its dial-up internet service. For younger Gen-Xers and elder millennials, in particular, the beep-boops, whirrs, and crackly ...
Before Wi-Fi blanketed our lives and smartphones kept us online 24/7, the patient, scratchy sound of AOL’s dial-up connection served as the gateway to the internet for its first explorers. Next month, ...
After 40 years, AOL has put to rest a service that was vital in shaping modern technology: dial-up internet. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up ...
(CNN) – AOL is ditching dial-up. The internet service was once the biggest name in internet service connectivity and is a vestige of the early days of the World Wide Web. Many who remember the ...
A LONG-STANDING internet provider is shutting down service today. The move marks a new chapter as the classic internet dial-up days officially come to an end. Founded as Quantum Computer Services ...