The shrill squeal and static burst of a dial-up modem once filled millions of homes. That unique sound was the gateway to a new world. It promised email, chat rooms, and websites. America Online, or ...

A chapter of internet history is coming to a close in the United States: AOL will shut down its dial-up internet service on Tuesday after more than 30 years. Famous for its high-pitched beeps and ...

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the plug on Tuesday (Sept. 30) — writing in a brief update on its support site last month ...

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...

Laptop computer displaying logo of AOL, an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City *For many, the screeching tones of a dial-up modem evoke memories of the internet’s ...

Such was the sound of AOL's dial-up service, a marker of trying to connect to the internet in the 1990s. Now the company has announced it's getting rid of dial-up. "AOL routinely evaluates its ...

PHOENIX - In what can be described as the end of an era, the company formerly known as "America Online" is ending its dial-up internet service. According to the Associated Press, AOL rose to ...

Do you remember the screeching, nails-on-chalkboard moan of AOL Dial-up internet? It seems that these eldritch tones will finally be silenced next month. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and ...

A moment of reflection, if you will, for AOL dial-up, the service that brought a generation of Long Islanders to the internet, and now is on the brink of its demise. The service and accompanying ...

AOL officially pulled the plug on its dial-up internet service Tuesday, ending the screeching modem tones that once defined getting online in America. The company quietly announced the move last month ...

If the sound of a modem connecting was your soundtrack to the ’90s, brace yourself because AOL dial-up is officially ending. In an announcement via its website, AOL said after over 30 years, it plans ...

Dear friends, it is time to pour one out for the iconic, screeching sound of a modem connecting to the internet. AOL, a name synonymous with the early days of the world wide web, has announced it will ...