Ars TechnicaAOL will finally end 1991 dial-up Internet service that’s older than smartphones
Around 175,000 households still use dial-up Internet in the US.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/aol-will-finally-end-1991-dial-up-internet-service-thats-older-than-smartphones/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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So are 175,000 people really trying to use the internet today with 56k dial up modems?
They must have a lot of time on their hands.
Thomas@arstechnica@mastodon.social "older than smartphones" were "feature phones", and dial-up internet is way older than GSM (which originally didn't have a data service). Joungster-journalists.
@tg9541@mas.to @arstechnica@mastodon.social right? I had a SMH moment there, too.
"Like, did they have multicellular organisms before smartphones?" 🙄
@tg9541@mas.to @arstechnica@mastodon.social right? I had a SMH moment there, too.
"Like, did they have multicellular organisms before smartphones?" 🙄