Well, we knew this day was coming: dial-up internet is officially dead—at least as far as AOL is concerned. As of September 30, you can no longer revel in the nostalgia of either the AOL Dialer software or the AOL Shield browser, as both have been discontinued alongside the ISP's dial-up service offering.
AOL had originally announced back in August that it was finally ceasing dial-up operations, 34 years after first launching the service. There goes another piece of my childhood—join me in marking this moment by observing a 12 modem sound off.
