AOL announces it’s ending its dial-up internet service

[Demon_Skeith]

AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued.

↫ AOL support document

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[TheRavenfreak]

Honestly I'm still surprised they offered their dial up services. I know some places don't have access to fiber or even broadband internet so they have to rely on dial up. It's the end of an era. Also back in 2006 I was able to get online due to AOL, I ended up using a Yu-Gi-Oh card number when it asked for a routing number and was able to get a free trial for a bit lol. I was 16 and I didn't have a job nor a banking account at that moment.

 

[Tiger21820]

Dial up is so 90's!

 

[cpvr]

*insert long annoying beep noise here*

I don't miss the beep at all.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I don't miss the beep at all.

Neither do I, lol.

 

[Artisan Vistra]

Dial-up is better as a meme than real life. But when it was new, it was probably the goat.

 

[froggyboy604]

Hopefully, most of AOL dial up users will be able to find affordable internet to use.