On September 30, AOL will switch off the phone-line internet service that introduced millions to the web
AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today’s digital standards, dial-up is still around. But AOL says it’s officially pulling the plug for its service on September 30.
“AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue dial-up internet,” AOL wrote in a brief update on its support site – noting that dial-up and associated software “optimised for older operating systems” will soon be unavailable on AOL plans.
The creaky door to the internet was characterised by a once-ubiquitous series of beeps and buzzes heard over the phone used to connect your computer online – along with frustrations of being kicked off the web if anyone else at home needed the landline for another call, and an endless bombardment of CDs mailed out by AOL to advertise free trials.
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