AOL rolled out its dial-up service in 1991, when lawmakers were focused on closing the "digital divide," the idea that people ...

AOL first launched dial-up in the United States in 1991. For many, it was the primary way to access the internet for years. A dial-up service uses a telephone line to connect a computer to the ...

AOL, as a leading ISP innovating and challenging incumbent providers—and others like it—has played an important role in internet evolution. While dial-up may become a memory, its legacy will live on ...

Users have to plug their computers into a phone jack and install software that allows the computer and dial-up service to communicate. The process resulted in a robotic, staticky noise.

The service will run until Sept. 30. What is dial-up? Dial-up uses a modem to convert digital data from a computer into audio signals, which can then travel over standard phone lines, said W. Patrick ...