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Why Did AOL Wait Until Now to End Dial-up?

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.

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.

AOL discontinues its dial-up internet service that shaped a generation

AOL introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago.
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Apollo Explores Sale of Internet Pioneer AOL

The company is stopping its dial-up internet service later this month, the end of an era for members of Gen X and older millennials who grew up waiting patiently for the ring tones, beeps and static ...
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With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent

An ad for free email on the AOL website in 2006. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images file) A beacon of the early internet is about to be silenced. AOL’s dial-up internet service is shutting down Tuesday, ...