Hackaday

Making WiFi Sound Like Dial-Up Internet

Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to those jumping online in the early days of the Internet. Modern digital ...
Yahoo

I've been on the Internet since 1994, and this is why AOL discontinuing dial-up makes me so sad

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AOL

AOL hangs up the dial-up internet service (and sound) that defined an era

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...
AOL

RIP, AOL dial-up: Take a walk down memory lane to 5 other now-defunct tech icons that defined millennials' youths

AOL will no longer offer dial-up internet after September 30.Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images It's an indelible sound for those above a certain age: a sequence of beeps, dial tones, ...