Bye bye, AOL dialup

Did you know that AOL still provided dialup internet access? Me, neither. But, doesn't matter, as it goes away, as of September 30, 2025.

AOL's even got a help article with details. I'll quote it here, in case it later vanishes. It says:

Dial-up Internet to be discontinued

AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued.

This change will not affect any other benefits in your AOL plan, which you can access any time on your AOL plan dashboard. To manage or cancel your account, visit MyAccount.

AOL and Yahoo are actually the same company, nowadays. Verizon purchased AOL in 2015, and Yahoo in 2017, but later sold the combined entity to Apollo Global Management, where it now stands on its own, as a company named, well, Yahoo.

[ H/T to my good friend Annalivia Ford, who worked in anti-spam for AOL for nearly eight years. ]