Bye Dial Up

After nearly 40 years, AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet service — closing the chapter on an era of busy signals, pixel-by-pixel loading, and the patience it took to get online.

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AOL Ends Dial-Up After 40 Years

Name: Bye Dial Up
Uploaded: 2025-08-15T15:31:17.538Z
Duration: 30 s
Description: After nearly 40 years, AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet service — closing the chapter on an era of busy signals, pixel-by-pixel loading, and the patience it took to get online.

Reported by Alecia Venkataraman, Aric Zaky, Samuel Means

Published: Aug 15, 2025, 11:31 AM EDT
Updated: Dec 8, 2025, 2:53 PM EST
Duration: 30 sec
Views: 1.4K

After nearly 40 years, AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet service — closing the chapter on an era of busy signals, pixel-by-pixel loading, and the patience it took to get online.

Credits

Alecia VenkataramanCreative Director / Producer & Writer/staff/aleciavenk
Aric ZakyWriter / Reporter/staff/aric-zaky
Wesley ReedStudio Character / Actor/staff/wesley-reed
Henry ChandlerStudio Character / Actor/staff/henry-chandler
Samuel MeansVideo Editor/staff/samuel-means
Rachel CapuanoPublisher / Studio Character /staff/rachel-capuano

Transcript

I want to see what cars look like in the future.

If it would just

Whoa.

Remember this song?

It's our favorite.

Wow.

I want one.

For 1000000, this was the soundtrack of coming online, AOL's dial-up.

After nearly 40 years, it's finally signing off.

No more busy signals, no more 56K squeals, just a memory of when the internet came one pixel at a time.