After over three decades of service, AOL is discontinuing its dial-up access!

[thewayne]

My first thought was 'AOL is still around?' Turns out that yes, it was. They had a terrible merger with Time-Warner, then were bought out by Verizon then are now owned by Yahoo? But they still exist. And until the end of September, will still have modem banks that people can access.

Modems? Modems are still made? I can't remember the last time I saw a modem in a store, much less connected to working hardware.

Apparently dial-up internet is still sort of big in rural areas, which makes sense. Not having DSL, much less fiber, dial-up is the best that can be managed. After AOL shuts down its modem banks, dial-up will still be available from Earthlink, Juno, MSN, and NetZero, and probably other smaller, local ISPs.

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

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/10/0626249/aol-finally-discontinues-its-dial-up-internet-access---after-34-years

Comments

[thewayne]

Yahoo Mail is my primary email provider.  If you have access to your recovery email or, if you provided your current phone number, should be possible.

[disneydream06]

I was going to give it a try last night until they wanted to send a code to my rescue email and it's my work address that I don't have access to at home, so that code wouldn't help me at home. :o

[thewayne]

Yeah, sometimes those codes are time-limited.  Best to do it from work.

[disneydream06]

Have to see if I can remember to try Saturday morning after work.
I start a week of vacation and management won't be around in the morning to breath down my neck for hanging around. :o