The shrill squeal and static burst of a dial-up modem once filled millions of homes. That unique sound was the gateway to a new world. It promised email, chat rooms, and websites. America Online, or ...

NEW YORK (AP) — AOL's dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today's digital standards, dial-up is still around. But AOL says it's officially pulling the ...

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 ...

34 years ago, America Online changed just about everything. The day AOL arrived (how did the L in online get its own letter in the acronym?) was like the first day of a brand new Wild West. So much ...

FILE - The AOL logo is shown on a wall of the company's New York office, on Monday, May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) NEW YORK (AP) — AOL's dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow.