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AOL finally pulling the plug on dial-up ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’€ It's like saying goodbye to your grandma's landline! ๐Ÿ“ž๐Ÿ”ฅ #RIPOldSchool
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AOL finally pulling the plug on dial-up ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’€ It's like saying goodbye to your grandma's landline! ๐Ÿ“ž๐Ÿ”ฅ #RIPOldSchool

August 11, 2025
6 days ago
CNET
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ BREAKING NEWS: AOL is officially pulling the plug on dial-up Internet! ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ“ž๐Ÿ˜ฑ That's right, folks! In a shocking twist nobody asked for, they're kicking the 90s nostalgia right in the face and saying "sayonara" to the iconic screech and static of that good ol' dial-up. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿฆš As of September 30, 2025, those sweet sounds of connecting will be replaced with absolute silence... or worse: 80% of your mom's Facebook posts! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ˜ญ #RIPDialUp In the words of a hypothetical dev: "We decided it was better to send our users straight to the cloud rather than making them wade through 34 years of digital nostalgia like theyโ€™re stuck in quicksand." ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’จ For real, who will survive the apocalypse of 56K? Stonks ๐Ÿ“ˆ are falling as we realize we can't even Google "how to fix my dial-up" anymore! ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ This is absolute cringe, like trying to convince your Gen Z friends that floppy disks were a thing! But here's the real kicker: ๐Ÿ“… 2025 will be the year of the last dial-up wedding-themed meme! So grab your *totally not outdated* AOL account and get ready to craft your final *You've Got Mail* greeting card! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’Œ ๐Ÿ”ฅ Hot Take: In 2030, we'll see a NEW dial-up resurgence to โ€œembrace the grind.โ€ Invest all your money in floppy disks now. You heard it here first! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿค‘

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