End of an era: AOL discontinues dial-up internet service after more than 30 years

The company, once considered the pioneer of internet connectivity, issued a statement last month on its webpage announcing ...

Dial up is dead—at least as far as AOL is concerned, as the company is pulling the plug after 34 years

Well, we knew this day was coming: dial-up internet is officially dead—at least as far as AOL is concerned. As of September ...
CNET on MSN

AOL Pulls the Plug on Dial-Up Internet Today, 34 Years After Its Launch

When AOL announced that it would be ending its dial-up service, it sparked a buzz on Reddit. Many chatters were surprised ...
Yahoo

AOL’s dial-up internet shuts down this September

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, ...
Life & Style on MSN

AOL Disconnects Dial-Up Internet Service Along With Ubiquitous Modem Sound

AOL announced this week that it has discontinued its dial-up internet service that younger Gen-Xers and elder millennials once relied on ...

AOL hangs up the dial-up internet service (and sound) that defined an era

Last month, a company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" stated that the service would be discontinued.
Inc

After 34 Years, AOL Is Finally Hanging Up on the Internet’s Most Iconic Sound. It’s Truly the End of an Era

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 ...

Why Gen Z wants retro dial-up connections – and how the internet could be driven to extinction

The ‘you’ve got mail’ era already feels like a lifetime ago, but in the week dial-up connections are finally turned off by AOL, Liam Murphy-Robledo talks to the pioneers of commercial dial-up internet ...