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 site last month ...

The shrill squeal and static burst of a dial-up modem once filled millions of homes. That unique sound was the gateway to a new world. It promised email, chat rooms, and websites. America Online, or ...

Before Wi-Fi blanketed our lives and smartphones kept us online 24/7, the patient, scratchy sound of AOL’s dial-up connection served as the gateway to the internet for its first explorers. Next month, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The logo of the Internet company AOL can be seen in Munich. Gambarini Maurizio/dpa A chapter of internet history is coming to a ...

A moment of reflection, if you will, for AOL dial-up, the service that brought a generation of Long Islanders to the internet, and now is on the brink of its demise. The service and accompanying ...

34 years ago, America Online changed just about everything. The day AOL arrived (how did the L in online get its own letter in the acronym?) was like the first day of a brand new Wild West. So much ...

AOL officially pulled the plug on its dial-up internet service Tuesday, ending the screeching modem tones that once defined getting online in America. The company quietly announced the move last month ...

Do you remember the screeching, nails-on-chalkboard moan of AOL Dial-up internet? It seems that these eldritch tones will finally be silenced next month. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and ...

WASHINGTON — The sound that defined the early days of the internet is going silent forever. AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet service on Tuesday, ending more than three decades of the iconic ...

An era comes to an end. AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet service — yes, it's still around, would you believe it! The company stated that the service would be discontinued as of September 30. ...