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Why Did AOL Wait Until Now to End Dial-up?
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.
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AOL Is Shutting Down Dial-Up Internet Service
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.
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