On September 30, AOL switched off its internet dial-up service for good, and anyone still using its dialer software or the special Shield browser would find their internet no longer works.
It's officially the end of an era, as AOL finally shuts down its long-running dial-up internet service. In an Aug. 8 update on its website, AOL confirmed the news. "AOL routinely evaluates its ...
Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to ...
Beep, bop, boop, boooopp, scrsssshh… Such was the sound of AOL's dial-up service, a marker of trying to connect to the internet in the 1990s. Now the company has announced it's getting rid of dial-up.