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RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days ago

AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day

www.tomshardware.com

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AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day

www.tomshardware.com

RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days ago
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AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after its debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day
www.tomshardware.com
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But there remain a few options to plug in your 56K (or slower) screeching modem into.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/366244

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  • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    All those meemaws and pep-peps will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

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    I guess I’d better use up the CDs I have lying around

    • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.net
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      Knew someone many years ago that strung all of those junk cds together and hung them on the wall, sorta like bead curtains.

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    Will this finally get my dad to shell out for DSL?

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      DSL 💋

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    AOLs dial up is the same age as me? Holy shit.

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      Damn you’re an old ass owl

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        yea yeeeeeap now get off my lawn whippersnapper

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          Never! Nature belongs to the people

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            YER SCARIN AWAY THE MICE YOU NOISEY YOUNGIN thurston bird-screm-2

            Just kidding do what you want grass sucks lol

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      AO-Owl

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