AOL, the company previously known formally as America Online, is discontinuing its Dial-up internet service after 34 years.
The service will shutter on September 30, meaning "the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued," the web service provider said on its website.
"We are discontinuing the dial-up internet service component included in certain legacy AOL Advantage, CompuServe, and Netscape Connect Plans as we innovate to meet the needs of today’s digital landscape," a spokesperson for Yahoo – which counts AOL among its brands – said in a statement to FOX Business.
"This change does not impact the numerous other valued products and services that these subscribers are able to access and enjoy as part of their plans. There is also no impact to our users’ free AOL email accounts," the statement continued.
According to Yahoo, very few customers were still using the dial-up service, as broadband connections have become the norm.
The company said AOL still maintains a strong customer base with traffic growing from year to year.
3 comments:
Yeah, I tell young students about dial-up, the endless waiting for a page to load, the sound of a robot being tortured in order to connect.
So when are you retiring this blog with all its Tzioni Shtussim?
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I will blog as long as their guys like you commenting
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