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You’ve Got No Mail: AOL Is Pulling the Plug on Dial-Up

After more than three decades, AOL is officially retiring its dial-up internet service. The change will take effect Sept. 30, ...
Yahoo

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, ...

I downloaded AOL Mail in 2025, and I don't regret it

AOL Mail+ is $2 a month or $20 for the entire year. It’s frustrating to pay for email in 2025, but I’ve paid more for ...

AOL ends dial-up service, closing the book on '90s internet era

Microsoft retired video calling service Skype just earlier this year — as well as Internet Explorer back in 2022. And in 2017 ...
PBS

AOL ends dial-up internet service, marking the end of an era

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the plug on Tuesday (Sept. 30) — writing in a brief update on its support ...
USA Today

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 Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...