Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to those jumping online in the early days of the Internet. Modern digital ...

The classic dial-up handshake sounds melodic, scratchy, and harsh, and is inexorably associated with connection. It’s also now silent. AOL’s decision this week to finally end dial-up service is not ...

AOL says it will phase out its dial-up service at the end of September this year, ending the iconic dial-up sound, a nostalgic relic from the '90s and early '00s. The company, also known by its ...

Long, long ago, in a basement far, far away, you had to sign on to the Internet over the phone. And, as any early modem adopter could tell you, that never really sounded great. The ...

I don’t think I’ll ever forget the sound—the chaotic screeching, static bursts, and electronic beeps that meant you were about to step out onto the World Wide Web. That unmistakable dial-up handshake ...

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The fact that the company formerly known as America Online will discontinue its Dial-up service next month has prompted two kinds of reactions on the internet that it pioneered. First: Wait, AOL ...

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 ...