AOL hangs up the dial-up internet service (and sound) that defined an era

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

AOL Will Shut Down Dial-Up Internet Access in September

After decades of connecting US subscribers to its online service and the internet through telephone lines, AOL recently announced it is finally shutting down its dial-up modem service on September 30, ...
NBC New York

With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent

A beacon of the early internet is about to be silenced. AOL’s dial-up internet service is shutting down Tuesday, ending one of the web’s first mainstream access points. Once a dominant technology ...
Hosted on MSN

End of an era: AOL pulls the plug on dial-up internet after 34 years

AOL was once the largest provider of internet service for Americans. Today, it belongs to Yahoo! Inc. and operates as a web portal where you can read online articles aggregated from sources across the ...
CRN

Broadband Access Usage Outpaces Dial-Up Access

The report comes at a time when Internet companies are aggressively building high-speed access and services, banking on growth in broadband to offset slowing growth in dial-up Internet access.
The Atlantic

How AOL Gets 3.5 Million People to Keep Paying for Dial-Up

The secret to AOL's 3.5 million dial-up subscribers: they're not paying for dial-up. Completely baffled the fact that not only do 3.5 million people still subscribe to AOL's dial-up service, but the ...