dial-up was charged on a consumption basis, so the longer you were online, the more your phone bill would rise. Oh boy, my parents used to get MAD when I would spend hours on AOL at a time.

AOL weirdly still hosts a dialer program on its dial-up page, but it doesn’t actually have any dial-up functionality in it. Despite significant advancements in telecommunications technology ...

If you can still hear the screeching chaos of an AOL dial-up connection—or remember the heartbreak of someone picking up the phone mid-download—you’re in the right place. The 90s were a ...

"AOL will remain the most important dial-up ASP, though they are losing millions in a shrinking business," he said. "I think we'll start to see more services in video, music and instant messaging." ...