AOL dial up service will end on September 30th 2025

jag · #1

The end of an era, "You got mail" was such a revolutionary thing for me when I started online and of course it was with AOL.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/tech/aol ... iscontinue

GamerMike · #2

Who uses dial up this day and age?

Garry2000 · #3

GamerMike wrote: ↑
August 13th, 2025, 4:04 pm
Who uses dial up this day and age?

Must be the peeps who still buy news papers and magazines.

TheButcher · #4

Those were the days, starting up the model hearing that screech and making sales.

AlexO · #5

AOL is a yahoo Inc owned company now.

turboporn · #6

That is progress, from dial up to Starlink.

Hosting Fred · #7

AlexO wrote: ↑
August 15th, 2025, 9:37 am
AOL is a yahoo Inc owned company now.

Fair to say they went from mega company to a subsidiary with time?

Matty2 · #8

Those old modems will become a collector item one day if you have one save it

calista · #9

Oh yes those days were the hay day of adult

yobilinks · #10

How many people still use dial up??????

TheButcher · #11

yobilinks wrote: ↑
August 23rd, 2025, 9:38 am
How many people still use dial up??????

No idea but I heard there are places in the world where they have no internet access.

24alex · #12

Starlink is what I want to get have any of you tried it out yet

Abby · #13

Never used AOL I have been on Verizon for the longest time

Kosta · #14

We went to the moon and back with less technology

fantastico · #15

No loss to me