fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAOL 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 daywww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down13
arrow-up1409arrow-down1external-linkAOL 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 daywww.tomshardware.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarePhillyCodeHound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoWow 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??!
minus-squareDearth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoIf you live in a rural area, it seems plausible
minus-squarePhillyCodeHound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYea I guess so. Man that must be difficult.
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoUp 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.
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??!
If you live in a rural area, it seems plausible
Yea I guess so. Man that must be difficult.
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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.