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You’ve Got No Mail: AOL Is Pulling the Plug on Dial-Up

After more than three decades, AOL is officially retiring its dial-up internet service. The change will take effect Sept. 30, ...

I downloaded AOL Mail in 2025, and I don't regret it

AOL Mail+ is $2 a month or $20 for the entire year. It’s frustrating to pay for email in 2025, but I’ve paid more for ...

With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent

One of the earliest consumer internet options, AOL's dial-up service was once the most common way for people to access the ...

How to block spam emails on AOL by blocking specific email addresses or flagging spam

You can block emails on AOL by adding the person who sent the email to your "Block Senders" list, or by marking the email as ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Why Did AOL Wait Until Now to End Dial-up?

On September 30, AOL switched off its internet dial-up service for good, and anyone still using its dialer software or the ...
Las Vegas Sun

Dial-up tones silenced as AOL goes offline

AOL’s dial-up internet service has officially gone offline. The company had announced last month in a brief support site update that the service would shut down and it went dark Tuesday. AOL explained ...
The Atlantic

AOL Admits E-mail Defeat with Alto

Alto is AOL's new mail venture, in which the company gives up on getting people to have AOL.com e-mail addresses. "We found that nobody wants another email address," Senior Director of Product for AOL ...

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

Last month, a company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" stated that the service would be discontinued.

DOJ investigation of John Bolton focuses on diary-like notes in his AOL email account

Part of the Justice Department’s investigation of John Bolton centers around notes he was making to himself in an AOL email ...