A blockbuster era of human history is about to end.
Me, listening to the swan song of my generation's most iconic sound:
More from AOL:
AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and 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.
As The Verge notes, there were still 265,000 Americans using dial-up as of 2019.
For those feeling nostalgic …
I'll leave you with another picture that will make you instantly recall a sound:
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