AOL’s dial-up internet service has officially gone offline. The company had announced last month in a brief support site update that the service would shut down and it went dark Tuesday. AOL explained that it “routinely evaluates” its offerings and chose to retire dial-up along with older software designed for outdated operating systems.

AOL dial-up: Service that connected a generation

AOL’s dial-up internet service was a cultural and technological phenomenon that defined how millions of people first accessed the web. Its shutdown closes a 34-year chapter that transformed the U.S. digital landscape and inspired modern internet habits and even Hollywood films.[1]

What was AOL dial-up and why did it matter?

AOL’s dial-up launched nationwide in 1991, using aggressively marketed free CDs t

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