It was the soundtrack of the early internet: When AOL dial-up users wanted to go online in the 1990s, they heard the instantly recognizable sequence of beeps and buzzes. The cacophony indicated that ...

The company, once considered the pioneer of internet connectivity, issued a statement last month on its webpage announcing ...

Last month, a company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" stated that the service would be discontinued.

Microsoft retired video calling service Skype just earlier this year — as well as Internet Explorer back in 2022. And in 2017 ...

AOL has shut down its dial-up internet service, marking the end of a nostalgic online era once dominant in the 90s and 2000s.

The classic dial-up handshake sounds melodic, scratchy, and harsh, and is inexorably associated with connection. It’s also now silent. AOL’s decision this week to finally end dial-up service is not ...

A LONG-STANDING internet provider is shutting down service today. The move marks a new chapter as the classic internet dial-up days officially come to an end. Founded as Quantum Computer Services ...

In the days of yore, computers would scream strange sounds as they spoke with each other over phone lines. Of course, this is ...

A collection of CDs advertising AOL's dial-up internet services Sipa USA / Alamy Live News It was the soundtrack of the early internet: When AOL dial-up users wanted to go online in the 1990s, they ...