fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square94fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·6 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-up12·6 days ago…and a similar disparity in cost.
…and a similar disparity in cost.