It’s Wednesday. After nearly three decades of greeting the world with the soothing screech of a tortured robot, AOL has finally decided to shut down its dial-up service. That means somewhere, deep in the wilds of rural America, a lone user will log in for the last time, waiting 12 minutes for the homepage to load, only to be told “You’ve got mail!”—which will turn out to be a coupon for 10 free hours of dial-up from 2003. Historians will mourn the loss of that majestic handshake noise, while younger generations will never know the adrenaline rush of yelling, “Don’t pick up the phone, I’m online!”
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AOL ENDING DIAL-UP SERVICE
Elwood Edwards, the voice actor famous as the voice of AOL (“You’ve got Mail!”), passed away last year at 74. And now AOL’s dial-up internet service will join him in death. An announcement posted to its website set the last day as September 29.
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.
This change will not affect any other benefits in your AOL plan, which you can access any time on your AOL plan dashboard. To manage or cancel your account, visit MyAccount.
AOL Dial-up
It’s Wednesday. After nearly three decades of greeting the world with the soothing screech of a tortured robot, AOL has finally decided to shut down its dial-up service. That means somewhere, deep in the wilds of rural America, a lone user will log in for the last time, waiting 12 minutes for the homepage to load, only to be told “You’ve got mail!”—which will turn out to be a coupon for 10 free hours of dial-up from 2003. Historians will mourn the loss of that majestic handshake noise, while younger generations will never know the adrenaline rush of yelling, “Don’t pick up the phone, I’m online!”
-keep
AOL ENDING DIAL-UP SERVICE
Elwood Edwards, the voice actor famous as the voice of AOL (“You’ve got Mail!”), passed away last year at 74. And now AOL’s dial-up internet service will join him in death. An announcement posted to its website set the last day as September 29.
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.
This change will not affect any other benefits in your AOL plan, which you can access any time on your AOL plan dashboard. To manage or cancel your account, visit MyAccount.