First reported by The Onion
AOL Ends Dial-Up Internet Service After Three Decades
AOL to Discontinue Dial-Up Internet Service by 2025
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Summary
AOL, one of the earliest consumer ISPs, has announced the discontinuation of its dial-up internet service by September 30, 2025. The decision, though surprising to many who assumed the service was already defunct, marks the end of an era for the pioneering internet provider.
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This service will no longer be available in AOL plans.
On September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software, will be discontinued.
In a somewhat surprising development, mainly because almost everybody assumed it had died a long time ago, AOL (America Online) - one of the very first consumer
