AOL Set To Officially Discontinue Dial Up Internet Next Month
How many of those old AOL - or rather, ah-hem... America Online - disks do you remember getting in the mail or seeing attached to magazines back in the early days of the Internet?
You could even pick up free disks at any Colorado Blockbuster Video back in the day. In fact, one of those free disks literally now resides in the Smithsonian Museum as a relic of our deeply rooted American history.
"You've Got Mail" became a phrase that forced its way into popular culture seemingly overnight as millions and millions of Americans threw that disk into our desktop computers, took advantage of their free 10, 50 or 500 hours of time "online" and listened to that modem squeak and squawk its way toward hours of IMs, chat rooms and endless news and information. Or at least what seemed like it at the time.
Fast forward roughly 30 years and you won't believe this, but dial up Internet STILL EXISTS! At least until September 30, that is.
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AOL officially has announced they are discontinuing dial up service at the end of next month.
AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued.
I didn't even know you could still have an AOL plan, let alone a computer with a modem in it. And who has a home phone line to dial it up anyway?
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