Sometime in the dying moments of September, what was once a daily habit for much of the online world will happen for the last time: a dial-up modem will screech its way to connecting to AOL. The Yahoo ...

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Dial-up modems used to be the default way of accessing the Internet, but times have moved on. They’re now largely esoteric relics from a time gone by. With regular old phone lines rather hard to come ...

In the hazy impressions of memory, some may even recall it fondly: The AOL dial-up internet service that those of a certain age associate with the World Wide Web is coming to a close. Subscribe to ...

The distinct sound of a dial-up modem screeching its way to connection, the joy of successfully renting the VHS tape everyone wanted before it sold out, and the careful ritual of recording a favorite ...

Trek Bicycles Australia has gone from dial-up modems and hardcopy orders to wireless PDA’s and IP phones following a technology revamp across its national network of 140 retail outlets. As part of a ...

You do know that there are parts of the US, very rural places, that still rely on twisted copper wires for phone/internet...not even DSL, but dial up only. The telecoms were given money to wire them ...

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...

For millions, the first time they went online sounded like this: a click, a dial tone, a burst of static, a high-pitched screech, and then — if the internet gods smiled — silence, followed by a cheery ...

A California inventor of a standard for dial-up modem technology has settled a patent infringement lawsuit with Analog Devices Inc. over charges that the company was improperly using patented ...

The classic dial-up handshake sounds melodic, scratchy, and harsh, and is inexorably associated with connection. It’s also now silent. AOL’s decision this week to finally end dial-up service is not ...