{"id":173,"date":"2025-08-10T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biplays.com\/aol-to-close-dice-internet-service\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:18:09","slug":"aol-to-close-dice-internet-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tealde.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/aol-to-close-dice-internet-service\/","title":{"rendered":"AOL To Close Dice-Internet Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">AOL is set to close the Dial-Up Internet service that was once the symbol of internet connectivity after more than 40 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">A commercial web page entitled &#8220;Dial-up internet to dopinged&#8221; states that the service will stop on 30 September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The company says on the page that the closure follows a routine evaluation of its products and services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The hum and knock of a dial -up modem was how many people were connected to the internet for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">At its peak, a dial -up connection can manage up to 56 kilobits per second under ideal conditions, according to Apple Insider. Modern connections are measured into gigabits per second.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The AOL logo can be seen on the outside of the building with the headquarters of the companies in New York in New York 28 May 2009.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"624\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/rvlkKQNe_ngz.H1kKp4igw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYyNA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_tech_153\/f514d0068f4f580bc8e40b4e36c6d550\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] mt-1  line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<p>The AOL logo can be seen on the outside of the building with the headquarters of the companies in New York in New York 28 May 2009.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The consumer-friendly internet connection service offered what the technical news website called a &#8220;walled garden&#8221; internet experience through trial CDs in the early days of internet proliferation. According to Apple Insider, the company had 10 million customers by 1995.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">New technologies and faster speeds shown in dial-up a connection of the past. As the technological landscape changed, the status of AOL did that too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">AOL merged in 2000 with Time Warner at the height of the internet bubble. The failure of the merger, as a result of which Time Warner led Aol in 2009, was so spectacular that it led to retrospect, both 10 and 15 years later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In 2015, Verizon Aol bought $ 4.4 billion. At the time, according to CNBC, AOL still had 2.1 million dial-up customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">When Apollo Global Management bought parts of Verizon Media Assets, including AOL in 2021, the Financial News-Outlet reported that dial-up users were &#8220;the low thousands&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\"><em>This article originally appeared on USA Today: AOL to end Dial-up Internet Service: here is when when<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AOL is set to close the Dial-Up Internet service that was once the symbol of internet connectivity after more than 40 years. 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