AOL set to pull the plug on iconic dial-up internet service
It's the end of an era for AOL.
After more than 30 years of connecting people to the internet through dial-up, AOL is hanging up its iconic service.
"AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet," the company's website states. "This service will no longer be available in AOL plans."
The change "will not affect any other benefits in your AOL plan," the company stated.
The service and dialer software will be discontinued as of Sept. 30, 2025.
The distinctive high-pitched dial tone, humming and whirring may sound like a distant memory of early internet days for some, especially with the advent of wireless modem connections that have replaced the conventional phone line technology.
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 Management in 2021, becoming the new Yahoo! Inc.
