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.

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 ...
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, ...
Hackaday

YouTube… Over Dial Up

In the days of yore, computers would scream strange sounds as they spoke with each other over phone lines. Of course, this is ...
Des Moines Register

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

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...