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    From Digimaus@618:618/1 to All on Tue Aug 12 09:04:15 2025
    ( The more things change, the more they stay the same... )

    From: https://tinyurl.com/2ye56med (nypost.com)

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    AOL finally shutting down its dial-up service - a relic of the early Internet

    By Taylor Herzlich
    Published Aug. 11, 2025, 11:31 a.m. ET

    The AOL dial-up internet service of the World Wide Web's early days -
    known for its nostalgic beeps and chirps - is coming to an end.

    The company - owned by Marc Rowan-led asset management giant Apollo Global
    - will discontinue the seldom-used service Sept. 30.

    "AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to
    discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in
    AOL plans," the web provider said Friday.

    There were around 163,000 US households that still used dial-up as their
    only way to connect to the internet in 2023 - accounting for just 1% of
    the nation's household internet subscriptions, according to data from the
    US Census Bureau.

    Many Americans started with AOL as they learned to use the Internet. The
    dial-up service connected to a conventional telephone line, which meant
    picking up the landline phone would cut off your web connection.

    AOL's recognizable dial-up tone and email alert was so famous that it
    became a key plot tool in the 1998 romantic comedy "You've Got Mail" with
    Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

    In 2000, AOL - then called America Online - was the world's largest
    internet company.

    But dial-up connections were replaced over the years with high-speed
    lines, which operate several thousand times faster.

    Telecom giant Verizon bought the service for $5.5 billion in 2015 and two
    years later bought Yahoo to create a new media group.

    In 2021, Verizon sold off both AOL and Verizon to Apollo for $5 billion.

    AOL will become the latest relics from the early days of the Internet to
    go dark.

    Microsoft scrapped pioneering internet calling service Skype in May, and
    legacy browser Internet Explorer in 2022.

    AOL's instant messaging service AIM was shut down in 2017.
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  • From TheCivvie@618:500/1 to Digimaus on Tue Aug 12 18:30:22 2025
    Digimaus wrote to All <=-

    ( The more things change, the more they stay the same... )

    From: https://tinyurl.com/2ye56med (nypost.com)

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    AOL finally shutting down its dial-up service - a relic of the early Internet


    Damn, where will I get my speed camera beam disruptors (yeah Inknow they din't work) or my coffee coasters :)

    TC


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  • From August Abolins@618:250/1.9 to TheCivvie on Wed Aug 13 08:47:00 2025
    Hello TheCivvie!

    ** On Tuesday 12.08.25 - 18:30, TheCivvie wrote to Digimaus:

    Digimaus wrote to All <=-

    ( The more things change, the more they stay the same... )

    From: https://tinyurl.com/2ye56med (nypost.com)

    ===
    AOL finally shutting down its dial-up service - a relic of the early
    Internet


    Damn, where will I get my speed camera beam disruptors (yeah Inknow they din't work) or my coffee coasters :)

    A coaster with a hole in it is not really a proper coaster.
    Plus, they are a bit slippery when wet. ;)


    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
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  • From TheCivvie@618:500/1 to August Abolins on Thu Aug 14 11:58:22 2025
    August Abolins wrote to TheCivvie <=-

    Hello TheCivvie!

    ** On Tuesday 12.08.25 - 18:30, TheCivvie wrote to Digimaus:

    Digimaus wrote to All <=-

    ( The more things change, the more they stay the same... )

    From: https://tinyurl.com/2ye56med (nypost.com)

    ===
    AOL finally shutting down its dial-up service - a relic of the
    early
    Internet


    Damn, where will I get my speed camera beam disruptors (yeah Inknow
    they
    din't work) or my coffee coasters :)

    A coaster with a hole in it is not really a proper coaster.
    Plus, they are a bit slippery when wet. ;)

    They did for me :)

    TC

    ... TCOB1: https://binkd.rima.ie telnet: binkd.rima.ie

    --- BBBS/LiR v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: TCOB1: https/binkd/telnet binkd.rima.ie (618:500/1)