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The Sounds of AOL Dial-Up Defined the Early Internet. Now, the Service Is Shutting Down for Good

A collection of CDs advertising AOL's dial-up internet services Sipa USA / Alamy Live News It was the soundtrack of the early internet: When AOL dial-up users wanted to go online in the 1990s, they ...
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AOL Disconnects Dial-Up Internet Service Along With Ubiquitous Modem Sound

AOL announced this week that it has discontinued its dial-up internet service that younger Gen-Xers and elder millennials once relied on ...
Inc

After 34 Years, AOL Is Finally Hanging Up on the Internet’s Most Iconic Sound. It’s Truly the End of an Era

I don’t think I’ll ever forget the sound—the chaotic screeching, static bursts, and electronic beeps that meant you were about to step out onto the World Wide Web. That unmistakable dial-up handshake ...

AOL hangs up the dial-up internet service (and sound) that defined an era

Last month, a company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" stated that the service would be discontinued.
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The Sounds of AOL Dial-Up Defined the Early Internet. Now, the Service Is Shutting Down for Good

It was the soundtrack of the early internet: When AOL dial-up users wanted to go online in the 1990s, they heard the instantly recognizable sequence of beeps and buzzes. The cacophony indicated that ...