If you were born after wifi, the dial-up modem noise is what electronics used to sound like: dated, from the era of the fax machine and the non-customizable ringtone. To me, it’s more than that. The ...

The three-piece genre-fluid band Dial Tone rehearses in the basement of guitarist Cole Pivec’s house in the Linden Hills neighborhood of southwest Minneapolis. It is a setting natural to any college ...

Last month, a company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" stated that the service would be discontinued.

In an era dominated by broadband and wireless cellular networks, it might come as a surprise to many that dial-up internet services still exist in the United States. This persistence is not a mere ...

On September 30, AOL switched off its internet dial-up service for good, and anyone still using its dialer software or the special Shield browser would find their internet no longer works.

When was the last time you heard a dial tone? If you’re young enough, you might not even know what a dial tone is. You might not understand that we used to hear a droning buzz whenever we picked up ...

AOL, formerly known as America Online, announced that it is shutting down its dial-up internet service. The move stirred a wave of shock and dilemma across the internet, with many wondering how ...

If you're one of the "low thousands" still using AOL to connect to the internet, you need to start shopping around.After more than 40 years, AOL announced it will discontinue its dial-up internet ...

If you were using computers in even the waning days of the previous century, you remember the routine. With a flurry of touch-tone beeps, your PC dials a phone number. An extended screech follows as ...