So I just found out tonight that AOL will discontinue its dial-up internet service next month...on September 30.
Hmm. I had no idea that AOL's dial-up service for 56k modems (or even AOL itself) was even still around!
Back during my first year at Cal State Long Beach, I used EarthLink to go online when I was at home during the weekend. I only used AOL (via the free CDs that constantly showed up in my mailbox) when that company's Web service was temporarily down. I dormed in college during the 1998-'99 school year.
AOL's latest decision comes almost 8 years after the company discontinued its AOL Instant Messenger service—which I also used throughout my college years.
Another end of an era... Carry on.
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