AOL's iconic dial-up service will officially go offline on Sept 30th, marking the end of an era. Dial-up internet, which offered only 56kbps, was kept around for old computers without broadband.

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Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to those jumping online in the early days of the Internet. Modern digital ...

The classic dial-up handshake sounds melodic, scratchy, and harsh, and is inexorably associated with connection. It’s also now silent. AOL’s decision this week to finally end dial-up service is not ...