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 ...

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

Such was the sound of AOL's dial-up service, a marker of trying to connect to the internet in the 1990s. Now the company has announced it's getting rid of dial-up. "AOL routinely evaluates its ...

For millions, the first time they went online sounded like this: a click, a dial tone, a burst of static, a high-pitched screech, and then — if the internet gods smiled — silence, followed by a cheery ...

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 ...

If you used the internet at home a couple of decades or more ago, you’ll know the characteristic sound of a modem connecting to its dial-up server. That noise is a thing of the past, as we long ago ...

*For many, the screeching tones of a dial-up modem evoke memories of the internet’s early days. AOL, once a titan of online connectivity, has announced it will terminate its dial-up internet service, ...

A chapter of internet history is coming to a close in the United States: AOL will shut down its dial-up internet service on ...

AOL says it will phase out its dial-up service at the end of September this year, ending the iconic dial-up sound, a nostalgic relic from the '90s and early '00s. The company, also known by its ...

The heyday of the '90s internet service provider is worth remembering Most of us probably moved on from dial-up decades ago, but AOL, or as most people who grew up in the ‘90s and early aughts might ...

On September 30, AOL's dial-up hold-outs will need to finally move on to another internet service. AOL announced this week (via Ernie Smith) that it will be discontinuing its dial-up service next ...