The shrill squeal and static burst of a dial-up modem once filled millions of homes. That unique sound was the gateway to a new world. It promised email, chat rooms, and websites. America Online, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The logo of the Internet company AOL can be seen in Munich. Gambarini Maurizio/dpa A chapter of internet history is coming to a ...

If you are old enough to remember the signature pinging, boinging, and hissing sounds that came with connecting to the Internet in the early days, hold onto those memories — AOL just announced that ...

Before Wi-Fi blanketed our lives and smartphones kept us online 24/7, the patient, scratchy sound of AOL’s dial-up connection served as the gateway to the internet for its first explorers. Next month, ...

A moment of reflection, if you will, for AOL dial-up, the service that brought a generation of Long Islanders to the internet, and now is on the brink of its demise. The service and accompanying ...

34 years ago, America Online changed just about everything. The day AOL arrived (how did the L in online get its own letter in the acronym?) was like the first day of a brand new Wild West. So much ...

Do you remember the screeching, nails-on-chalkboard moan of AOL Dial-up internet? It seems that these eldritch tones will finally be silenced next month. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and ...

AOL officially pulled the plug on its dial-up internet service Tuesday, ending the screeching modem tones that once defined getting online in America. The company quietly announced the move last month ...

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 ...