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End of an E-Era: AOL to End Dial-Up Internet Access

The pioneering service has dwindled to a Yahoo sub-brand, but some people still rely on it for their online connection. Come Sept. 30, they’ll need a new ISP.

Sometime in the dying moments of September, what was once a daily habit for much of the online world will happen for the last time: a dial-up modem will screech its way to connecting to AOL.

The Yahoo subsidiary broke the news in an undated tech-support note titled “Dial-up Internet to be discontinued.”

“AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet,” the note says. “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.”

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