fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 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-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down12
arrow-up1309arrow-down1external-linkAOL 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.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squarePhillyCodeHound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·16 days agoWow 34 Years of Dialup. Who still uses dial up? I guess that naive of me and is coming from a place of privelege. But still dial up??!
minus-squareDearth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoIf you live in a rural area, it seems plausible
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoEven simple pages are now at least 1-2MB big. News pages without an ad blocker and Autoplay videos can easily try to download 10 or more MB per page load. On 56kbits dial up, 10MB will take about 25 mins in the best case.
minus-squarePhillyCodeHound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoYea I guess so. Man that must be difficult.
Wow 34 Years of Dialup. Who still uses dial up? I guess that naive of me and is coming from a place of privelege.
But still dial up??!
If you live in a rural area, it seems plausible
Even simple pages are now at least 1-2MB big. News pages without an ad blocker and Autoplay videos can easily try to download 10 or more MB per page load. On 56kbits dial up, 10MB will take about 25 mins in the best case.
Yea I guess so. Man that must be difficult.
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