Before Wi-Fi blanketed our lives and smartphones kept us online 24/7, the patient, scratchy sound of AOL’s dial-up connection served as the gateway to the internet for its first explorers. Next month, ...

I don’t think I’ll ever forget the sound—the chaotic screeching, static bursts, and electronic beeps that meant you were about to step out onto the World Wide Web. That unmistakable dial-up handshake ...

(CNN) – AOL is ditching dial-up. The internet service was once the biggest name in internet service connectivity and is a vestige of the early days of the World Wide Web. Many who remember the ...

AOL, which merged with Time Warner in 2000 in a deal widely deemed disastrous, boasted more than 30 million subscribers at the end of 2001.