It's the end of an online era: AOL will end its dial-up internet service next month after decades in use.
end of an era. AOL is discontinuing its dial-up internet next month
-- Tom Warren (@tomwarren.co.uk) Aug 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I never was an AOL customer, even though I had dial-up access back in the late 1970's.
Back then, 1200bps was great. If you didn't have local dialing access to a 1200bps number, then you either paid the "long distance" toll charges, or you settled for the local 300bps number.
But moving forward ...
2015 -- 2021: As part of Verizon [and beyond]
en.wikipedia.org
... On May 12, 2015, Verizon announced plans to buy AOL for $50 per share in a deal valued at $4.4 billion. The transaction was completed on June 23. ...
In July 2016, Verizon Communications announced its intent to purchase the core internet business of Yahoo!. Verizon merged AOL with Yahoo into a new company called "Oath Inc.", which in January 2019 rebranded itself as Verizon Media.[110] ...
2021 -- present: As part of an independent YahooI
On May 3, 2021, Verizon announced it would sell 90 percent of its Verizon Media division to Apollo Global Management for $5 billion, becoming the second independent incarnation of Yahoo! Inc.[7] ...
R.I.P. America OnLine.
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