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AOL announces September shutdown for dial-up Internet access (arstechnica.com)
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After decades of connecting Americans 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, 2025. The announcement marks the end of a technology that served as the primary gateway to the World Wide Web for millions of users throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

RIP, I still remember getting those AOL CDs in the mail, and was so excited by the concept of a disk that could allow me to connect to the world wide web.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I remember the 3.5" floppy disks saying "200 free hours!"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I remember drilling out the the write protect hole so I could reuse them. Floppies were expensive and I was broke as a teenager, I loved aol disks.

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