AOL ditching dial-up service, a relic of the internet in the ’90s

AOL, famous for its dial-up internet service and iconic “You’ve got mail” greeting, announced it will discontinue its dial-up internet, AOL Dialer software, and AOL Shield browser on September 30.

Once widely known for its trial CDs in the 1990s, AOL’s dial-up connected users via telephone lines with a distinctive chirping sound.

Now part of Yahoo, AOL was sold by Verizon to Apollo Global Management in 2021, NBC News has reported.

read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aol-ditching-dial-service-relic-internet-90s-early-00s-rcna224219

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