An era is coming to an end.
Next month, AOL will stop providing dial-up service after more than 30 years.
On its website, the internet service provider made the following announcement:
Dial-up Internet has been discontinued by AOL, which regularly reviews its offerings. AOL plans will no longer offer this feature. AOL stated in the post that this service and its related software, the AOL Shield browser and AOL Dialer software, which are designed for dial-up internet connections and older operating systems, will be discontinued on September 30, 2025.
According to the firm, the modification won’t impact other aspects of a customer’s AOL plans.
According to CNN, which cites statistics from the US Census for 2023, 160,000 people use their landline phone service to access the internet.
Which other tech firms have stopped offering their services?
After 21 years, Microsoft shut down Skype, its online phone and video service, in May.
In February, Microsoft made the initial announcement that Skype would be discontinued.
We are proud to have been a part of the journey that Skype has played in establishing contemporary communications and facilitating innumerable significant events. At the time, Microsoft’s head of collaborative apps and platforms, Jeff Teper, stated as much in a blog post.
Microsoft urged users of Skype to switch to its cloud-based communications platform, Microsoft Teams, by logging in using their Skype login information. Up until May 5, Skype users could download Teams from the official Microsoft Teams website and log in with their Skype login information.
