AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today’s digital standards, dial-up is still around.
  • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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    9 days ago

    Great, so those living in ultra-rural areas because they can’t afford anything better will now have to pony up 10x the cost for satellite Internet, or become even more disconnected from the rest of the world than they already are.

    • termus@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Its gotta take them a least a week just to load their yahoo home page on dialup. What are they even able to access on the web these days at 56k?