"AOL's dial-up internet service is shutting down Tuesday, ending one of the web's first mainstream access points."

By "Tuesday", they mean September 30th, so it's already shut down by the time you read this.

End of an era.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/aol-dial-up-silenced-rcna234655

#solidstatelife #history #aol

With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent

A beacon of the early internet is about to be silenced

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Let’s be honest… when you saw this story you though two things happened; 1) You thought “Dial-up still exists?” 2) You heard a familiar voice in your head say “You’ve got mail!” #AOL #AmericaOnline #Internet #Technology www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

With a final screech, AOL's di...
With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent

A beacon of the early internet is about to be silenced

NBC News

Let’s be honest… when you saw this story two things happened;
1) You thought “Dial-up still exists?”
2) You heard a familiar voice in your head say “You’ve got mail!”

#AOL #AmericaOnline #Internet #Technology
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/aol-dial-up-silenced-rcna234655

With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent

A beacon of the early internet is about to be silenced

NBC News

I hear folks are thinking about heading back here from #Bluesky then off to #TwiX then re-join #AOL on dial-up. Life moves pretty frickin' fast on the Interwebbed Protocols, I suppose.

#SocialMedia #News #Mastodon

#Yahoo is in advanced talks to sell #AOL to Italian technology company #BendingSpoons for about $1.4 billion, four sources familiar with the matter said, as the Apollo Global Management-backed firm sheds one of the most recognizable names of the early internet era.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-yahoo-nears-deal-sell-210244733.html

@sicurezza

Exclusive-Yahoo nears deal to sell AOL to Italy's Bending Spoons for $1.4 billion, sources say

New York (Reuters) -Yahoo is in advanced talks to sell AOL to Italian technology company Bending Spoons for about $1.4 billion, four sources familiar with...

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Feeling weirdly melancholy about the end of #AOL dial-up. 😞
📞 AOL finally ends dial-up internet service. The 90s are truly gone.
🔗 https://apnews.com/article/aol-dial-up-internet-shuts-down-08162912737f2fb221f10ba87ce5fc41
#AOL #InternetHistory #Tech
AOL's dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. The company confirmed it would discontinue the service on Tuesday, September 30th, citing routine evaluations of its offerings. Dial-up is no longer advertised on AOL's website, and former help pages related to the service are unavailable. AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago. The creaky door to the internet was characterized by a once-ubiquitous series of beeps and buzzes heard over the phone used to connect your computer online. Eventually, broadband and wireless offerings rose to dominance — but some consumers still use other dial-up offerings today.

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