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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)
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[–] phillycodehound@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wow 34 Years of Dialup. Who still uses dial up? I guess that naive of me and is coming from a place of privelege.

But still dial up??!

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you live in a rural area, it seems plausible

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Even simple pages are now at least 1-2MB big. News pages without an ad blocker and Autoplay videos can easily try to download 10 or more MB per page load. On 56kbits dial up, 10MB will take about 25 mins in the best case.

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

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[–] phillycodehound@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yea I guess so. Man that must be difficult.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Up until probably about a decade ago I would occasionally go into small shops that used dial up to process credit card payments. There may still be some places doing that but I haven't noticed it in a while.