fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square93fedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down14
arrow-up1523arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 days ago … In the U.S., for instance, the latest government census data indicates approximately a quarter of a million remaining dial-up holdouts. One of the natural successors for internet connectivity in hard-to-reach places is satellite, with around eight million subscribers in the U.S. …
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days ago…and a similar disparity in cost.
…and a similar disparity in cost.