In the nebulous impressions of memory, some can even remember it with love: the AOL telephone access internet service that those of a certain age are associated with the World Wide Web are coming to an end.
The company, also known for its greeting “You Got Mail” and CD test discs, so many CD, made the announcement on their website.
“AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to suspend telephone access Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans,” said the web supplier.
In the absence of wireless signals today, telephone access to the Internet using a conventional telephone line, emitting a distinctive and sharp sound in the process.
AOL, now part of Yahoo, said the telephone access service, together with the Aol Dialer software and Aol Shield browser, will be suspended on September 30.
The United States online was famous for its free trial discs, which seemed to be everywhere in the 1990s when the Internet was gaining steam in the homes of the United States and beyond.
He changed his name to Solo Aol in 2006. Verizon sold Aol and Yahoo to the private capital firm Global Management for $ 5 billion in 2021.
