A few weeks ago, we warned that a ‘routine evaluation’ of its business had triggered AOL’s decision to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/aol-will-end-dial-up-internet-service-in-september-34-years-after-its-debut-aol-shield-browser-and-aol-dialer-software-will-be-shuttered-on-the-same-day” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/aol-will-end-dial-up-internet-service-in-september-34-years-after-its-debut-aol-shield-browser-and-aol-dialer-software-will-be-shuttered-on-the-same-day”>discontinue its 34-years established dial-up internet service. The fateful day came and went this week. As we bid September farewell and moved into the 10th month of 2025, AOL’s dial-up service stopped picking up the line for its last remaining screechy modem-toting customers.
Not only was AOL’s dial-up Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-based internet connectivity service shut down…
