After more than three and a half decades of crackling modem sounds and “You’ve Got Mail” nostalgia, AOL is officially ending its dial-up internet service on September 30, 2025. That familiar gateway ...

Such was the sound of AOL's dial-up service, a marker of trying to connect to the internet in the 1990s. Now the company has announced it's getting rid of dial-up. "AOL routinely evaluates its ...

For millions, the first time they went online sounded like this: a click, a dial tone, a burst of static, a high-pitched screech, and then — if the internet gods smiled — silence, followed by a cheery ...