After decades of connecting US subscribers to its online service and the internet through telephone lines, AOL recently announced it is finally shutting down its dial-up modem service on September 30, ...

There are few things less hip than dial-up Internet access. Most folks don't even remember what a dial-up modem sounds (or looks) like. Nevertheless, there are millions of people that use pokey ...

This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America. When ...

AOL has recently announced that it will discontinue dial-up internet services, including its associated software, before the end of the year. This announcement left many shocked that dial-up internet ...

Accessing the Internet via analog telephone and dial-up modem. See dial-up and modem. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

BT's dial-up service is no more, as it's shut it down today, saying only a "tiny number" of its customers still used it. Joe has been writing about consumer tech for nearly seven years now, but his ...