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You’ve Got No Mail: AOL Is Pulling the Plug on Dial-Up

After more than three decades, AOL is officially retiring its dial-up internet service. The change will take effect Sept. 30, ...
How-To Geek on MSN

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 ...
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AOL's dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

NEW YORK (AP) — It's official: AOL's dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the plug on Tuesday (Sept. 30) — writing in a brief update on its support ...

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.
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How Dial-Up Modems Used Sound to Talk to Each Other

Those chaotic screeches of dial-up weren’t random — they were data, tones encoding handshakes, carrier signals, and sync pulses that connected millions before broadband existed.

With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent

One of the earliest consumer internet options, AOL's dial-up service was once the most common way for people to access the ...