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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 ...
TipRanks on MSN

TMUS, VZ, T: End of an Era as Dial-Up Internet Goes Extinct

AOL has now removed advertisements for dial-up internet service from its website, bringing an end to the way all households ...
Yardbarker

AOL’s Dial-Up Internet Service Is Ending in September

When we think about using the internet in the 1990s, there’s one specific sound that comes to mind. You can’t really describe it in writing but you can surely recreate it with your voice. In fact, I ...
Yahoo

AOL to pull the plug on dial-up internet after more than 30 years

AOL will pull the plug and end its dial-up internet service after more than 30 years. The ISP said it will discontinue dial-up — along with its memorable, high-pitched connecting noise and “You’ve got ...

Streaming YouTube over dial-up: how one creator hit 668 kbps with 12 modems

The YouTube channel The Serial Port has pulled off something few imagined possible in the broadband era: streaming YouTube over a dial-up connection. In their latest ...
KBIA

Say bye-bye to the beeps and boops of AOL's dial-up internet service

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.