A Eulogy for Dial-Up

AOL — originally known as America Online — has announced that it will be discontinuing dial-up Internet on the 30th of September, 2025. Cue saving-private-ryan-aging.gif for millions of millennials mourning the end of an era, which was marked by optimism, wonder, and a genuine novelty and weirdness that may never be replicated. As her creaking, beeping bones are laid to rest, let’s take a moment to reflect on the life and times of Our Lady of Connectivity, aka dial-up internet as delivered to us by AOL.