Topic: rural internet access

AOL Shuts Down Dial-Up Internet After 34 Years

AOL's dial-up internet service, a pioneer of early web access, will shut down in September 2025 after 34 years, marking the end of an era for millions of users. At its peak in the early 2000s, AOL had over 20 million subscribers, but the rise of broadband rendered its phone-line connections obsol...