AOL is shutting down the dial-up service that introduced homes across the US to the internet.
The offering, which connects to the internet via a phone line, launched more than 30 years ago and was known for its chirpy whirring start-up sound, memorialised in the 1998 film You've Got Mail.
But it has long since been eclipsed by faster alternatives.
Fewer than 300,000 people in the US reported having only a dial-up internet connection, compared with more than 300 million with broadband service, according to 2023 government estimates.
"AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet, " the company said in a notice to subscribers in the US and Canada on Friday.
