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, ...

AOL, formerly known as America Online, announced that it is shutting down its dial-up internet service. The move stirred a wave of shock and dilemma across the internet, with many wondering how ...

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...