Here's what a modem and router actually do (and why you need both)

What's the difference between a modem and a router? Learn how these two devices work together to connect your home to the ...
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7 Iconic Products Baby Boomers Used to LoveNow Gone Forever

From dial-up modems to cassette tapes, explore the nostalgic items that shaped a generation but have now vanished from ...
Houston Public Media

Say bye-bye to the beeps and boops of AOL's dial-up internet service

Such was the sound of AOL's dial-up service, a marker of trying to connect to the internet in the 1990s. Now the company has announced it's getting rid of dial-up. "AOL routinely evaluates its ...
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You've Got Mail! But AOL Is Shutting Down Your Dial-Up Internet Service

Dear friends, it is time to pour one out for the iconic, screeching sound of a modem connecting to the internet. AOL, a name synonymous with the early days of the world wide web, has announced it will ...
First Coast News

AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service after more than three decades

WASHINGTON — The sound that defined the early days of the internet is about to go silent forever. AOL is set to shut down its dial-up internet service, ending more than three decades of the iconic ...