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.
Life & Style Weekly

AOL Disconnects Dial-Up Internet Service Along With Ubiquitous Modem Sound

It’s the end of an era. AOL announced this week that it has discontinued its dial-up internet service. For younger Gen-Xers and elder millennials, in particular, the beep-boops, whirrs, and crackly ...
The Indianapolis Star

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

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, AOL will discontinue its ...
KHQ

AOL scrapping dial-up internet services

AOL is ditching dial-up internet services beginning Tuesday, one of the last remnants of the early days of the internet. The service has been offered for decades, featuring a familiar (and sometimes ...
PC Gamer

Fancy some unorthodox, techy ASMR? Try the soothing sound of 12 dial-up modems all trying to connect to the internet at once

What would you say is the definitive soundtrack to your youth? Is it a favourite album? Or perhaps the ambient sounds of summer, like bicycle wheels rolling over or a chorus of cicadas? For me, it is ...
KGW8

End of an era: AOL discontinues dial-up internet service after more than 30 years

WASHINGTON — The sound that defined the early days of the internet is going silent forever. AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet service on Tuesday, ending more than three decades of the iconic ...