AOL ending dial-up internet September 30.

[joeekaitis]

Pretty sure it won't be affecting anyone here but if it is, sound off!

Cheapest and most readily available alternative? Probably 5G home internet, especially if no one has any plans of bringing fiber to your street.

https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued

 

[DADoES]

I worked for a dial-up ISP from 1998 to 2007 when the business shut down (I pulled the plugs) due to the owner's bad health which ended his intentions/plans for moving it up to some sort of broadband service. I've been on a cable service since then. There's some fiber optic in town but it hasn't yet reached the outskirts. I lost awareness of the industry status, figured dial-up was already long-gone. I imagine the only reason it still exists is areas of sparse/distant population that makes broadband platforms financially untenable for the profit-driven providers.

 

[wayupnorth]

AOL dial-up was my only way for me to reach the internet for years util the phone company started broadband. I did keep my old AOL e-mail though.

 

[phillymatt53]

Jeez!
I remember having a computer in the early 1991, with a 2400 baud modem and hearing that screaching noise booting up on the phone line.

Now? - a dual-core machine win10, and Fios fiber optic for phone and internet.

 

[joeekaitis]

My first setup: Commodore VIC-20 with the Super Expander cartridge (extra 5K RAM and a couple other enhancements) and VIC Modem running a cassette-loaded program called 44ZVIC (40 column display for the VIC-20).

CompuServe on 22 columns was a pain in the retina.

 

[phillymatt53]

My first setup: Commodore VIC-20 with the Super Expander cartridge (extra 5K RAM and a couple other enhancements) and VIC Modem running a cassette-loaded program called 44ZVIC (40 column display for the VIC-20).

CompuServe on 22 columns was a pain in the retina.

5K of ram!
Wow you were flying!
LOL!

 

[DADoES]

I had an Atari 800. Did the theater's bookkeeping on an Atari 800XL for several years until I got a PC there.