Many of today's internet users remember browsing the web for the first time via AOL dial-up. But as subscribers dwindle, the service will be sunsetting on September 30 ...

ISP throttling during peak hours creates artificial slowdowns to push premium plan upgrades, not genuine network congestion ...

AOL, formerly known as America Online, announced that it is shutting down its dial-up internet service. The move stirred a wave of shock and dilemma across the internet, with many wondering how ...

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 ...

AOL will pull the plug and end its dial-up internet service after more than 30 years. The ISP said it will discontinue dial-up — along with its memorable, high-pitched connecting noise and “You’ve got ...

When we think about using the internet in the 1990s, there’s one specific sound that comes to mind. You can’t really describe it in writing but you can surely recreate it with your voice. In fact, I ...

America Online, the internet pioneer of the early 1990s, changed its name to AOL in 2006. In 2017, it shut down the popular instant messaging service AIM, and the company was sold to Apollo Global ...