#dial-up internet

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One of my abiding memories of the dial-up era is the time I was trying to connect to the Internet at the same time my dad (who was out on the road in his job as a tour bus driver) was trying to call home. So instead of the usual handshake protocol noise, suddenly Dad's voice was coming out of the speakers saying "Hello?" as the modem had opened the connection while he was waiting for someone to pick up, and now there was an open connection, just not the kind either end was looking for!

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AOL Dial-Up: Remembering the Internet's Early Days

AOL Dial-Up: Remembering the Internet’s Early Days The last time I used a dial-up modem came sometime around 2001. Within just a few years, dial-up had exited my life, never to return. I haven’t even had a telephone line in my house for most of my adult life. The fact that AOL is finally retiring the ol’ hobbyhorse. At the end of September, it’s gone. The timeline is almost on-the-nose fitting:…

AOL Dial-Up: Remembering the Internet's Early Days

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From Dial-Up to Dreams: My AOL Journey as Izzystillalive and a Call to Reconnect

There’s a sound that only true Gen Xers know: the mechanical symphony of a dial-up modem connecting to the internet. For me, it was 1993, and that sound was a portal to a new world of connection, possibility, and a little chaos. Back then, I was known as Izzystillalive on AOL, navigating the wild frontier of chat rooms, email chains, and instant messaging. If you’re reading this and remembering…

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Whenever I see Elon Musk’s child’s name writen somewhere my brain just reads it as the dial-up Internet sound

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COVID-2002

I find scrolling through Facebook amusing at times. Despite the current state of affairs in the world today, there are posts that I read that truly make me laugh out loud. For example, I came across the the picture below and found it humorous. However, it also got me thinking just how different things would be if we were living without the technology that we have today.

In 2002, I had been out…

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AOL [...] still has two million customers for its [...] dial-up internet service.

BBC News, 12th May 2015