The company will no longer offer its dial-up internet service after September 30. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the sound—the chaotic screeching, static bursts, and electronic beeps that meant you ...

It’s the end of an era. AOL announced this week that it has discontinued its dial-up internet service. For younger Gen-Xers and elder millennials, in particular, the beep-boops, whirrs, and crackly ...

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 ...

AOL will no longer offer dial-up internet after September 30.Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images It's an indelible sound for those above a certain age: a sequence of beeps, dial tones, ...

Before Wi-Fi blanketed our lives and smartphones kept us online 24/7, the patient, scratchy sound of AOL’s dial-up connection served as the gateway to the internet for its first explorers. Next month, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After 40 years, AOL has put to rest a service that was vital in shaping modern technology: dial-up internet. “AOL routinely ...

A sound that for many was their first introduction to the online world is falling silent after decades. AOL has announced that it will no longer offer dial-up internet service, the Associated Press ...

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 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The familiar sounds of AOL's ...