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MSN Dial-Up Internet in 2026

I read Dave Luna's interesting hacker story Hacking the Compaq iPAQ IA-2 Internet Appliance. I learned many things from reading. But one fact which jumped out to me was a note about Microsoft's MSN Dial-Up service. ...I was surprised to learn that MSN dial-up is still available as of March 2026. I do not recall ever having thought about MSN dial-up (we had AOL back in the 90s), but I too am "surprised" to learn it is still around. Mr. Luna provided a link to Microsoft's MSN Dial-Up Internet […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/msn-dial-up-internet-in-2026-03-19/

[Quote] MSN Dial-Up Internet in 2026

I read Dave Luna’s interesting hacker story Hacking the Compaq iPAQ IA-2 Internet Appliance. I learned many things from reading. But one fact which jumped out to me was a note about Microsoft’s MSN…

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Front Page Jan 14

Gen Xers and Boomers debunk the myth of '90s perfection with funny 'downers' of the decade

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/gen-xers-and-boomers-debunk-the-myth-of-90s-perfection-with-funny-downers-of-the-decade

Odradek Aug 16, 2025

@thygrrr wir hatten ja nichts #dudelfunk #dialupinternet

Rez Aug 13, 2025

Nostalgia for some, and WTF for others.

You clicked the desktop icon to Connect and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0

#DialUpInternet

The Sound of dial-up Internet

EDIT: November 2020 wow this really blew up over the years. I have made a direct download available here https://freesound.org/people/wtermini/sounds/546450...

YouTube

Haven Aug 12, 2025

Am I the only one that thought they pulled the plug on this years ago?

#AOL #DialUpInternet

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aol-ending-dial-up-internet_n_689b68f9e4b0196f49c51271

AOL Says It's Pulling The Plug On Dial-Up Internet

The online service provider is hanging up one offering for good.

HuffPost

Steve Rudolfi Aug 9, 2025

AOL's Dial-up Internet to be Discontinued

Connecting to AOL used to feel like stepping through a magic portal. My tattoo of a-waveform-of-a-dial-up-modem-connecting and I will be over here searching for an AOL cd to add to my nostalgic tech shelf.

https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued

#AOL #dialUpInternet #endOfAnEra #nostalgia

AwesomeCast Jan 20, 2025

The Pain of Dial-Up Internet 💻📞

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZkaQC1tzKjc

From separate phone lines to Windows ME, the early internet era was a wild ride! Catch AwesomeCast 716 for a nostalgic dive: www.AwesomeCast.com & www.SorgatronMedia.com.

#AwesomeCast716 #DialUpInternet #RetroTech #TechPodcast #WindowsME

Before you continue to YouTube

JdeBP May 30, 2024

@gozzy was just talking about technological recollections that define age. Here is another:

Are you old enough that @phillipdewet 's user profile picture looks like it is only halfway through loading?

It still hits me, even though I haven't had a WWW browser that displays images progressively, or a connection speed that low, for decades; *and* even though I'm old enough to know the quite different thing that the picture is referencing. (-:

#DialUpInternet #WotNoBroadband #Chad

Son of a Sailor Apr 18, 2023

There was a time when you paid by the minute to get online, and you downloaded info at the then-blazing speed of 1200 bits per second. (Roughly 260,000 times slower than what I have today, if I did the math right.) We really had to watch our budget.

#CompuServe #DialupInternet #1200Baud #VintageComputing #Nostalgia

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FiXato (fallback)Aug 13, 2020

@kelbot
I remember the early days of #dialupInternet for me: connecting, syncing email, opening a bunch of #forum threads (mostly on #Renderosity art site) and other sites, and submitting replies I had prepared beforehand to ones I'd opened the previous time.