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Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - Pete - 08-11-2025
AOL announced the company will discontinue dial up service, today.
I guess Clippy will just have to go back to annoying folks the old fashioned way, via carrier pigeons.
Now if you will excuse me I have to go write some replies, and power wash my driveway.
Pete
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - bobalooie - 08-11-2025
(08-11-2025, 11:24 PM)Pete Wrote: AOL announced the company will discontinue dial up service, today.
I guess Clippy will just have to go back to annoying folks the old fashioned way, via carrier pigeons.
Now if you will excuse me I have to go write some replies, and power wash my driveway.
Pete
I was talking with a couple buddies about that last night. Apparently, Rob still has a @aol.com email address.
I suppose it's time to take my 56k modem to the electronics recycling facility.
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - Pete - 08-12-2025
Well in Rob's case AOL stands for Australian Outback LAN, so....
Actually, I wish he wasn'y a Windows user, because Aussie on Linux would have been funnier,
Pete
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - madscijr - 08-12-2025
Well if you're really attached to your modem, you could always build a dedicated dial-in server and connect it to your landline, that you can call in to!
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - Jack - 08-12-2025
(08-11-2025, 11:24 PM)Pete Wrote: AOL announced the company will discontinue dial up service, today.Hi Pete
Pete
are you connecting through AOL's dial up service ?
if AOL discontinues it's service, do you have other options ?
perhaps one of the satellite ISP, like StarLink would be an option but I hear that it's a bit pricey
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - SpriggsySpriggs - 08-12-2025
Anyone who is still on dial-up today probably still gets their news from the town crier, too.
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - SMcNeill - 08-12-2025
As odd as it sounds nowadays, I still live in the mountains where cell coverage might not always be 100% reliable. Usually, I have about 3 bars of signal on my cellphone, which is enough for cell service, but cloud cover and weather conditions like heavy snow can cut that out. As high speed internet relies on having power to operate, and since we usually go without power for a few weeks each year as hurricanes or ice storms cause havoc in the mountain terrain around here, I also have a landline phone.
Believe it or not, my local phone company still gives us an emergency dial up number for anyone with an old router to connect to. Most days, I have 1GB internet connection, but in a real emergency I can still Beeee... beeee.. boooop... errrrppp.... BRAAAAAKKKK... and connect via dial up to get email, text services, or other internet access.
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - Jack - 08-12-2025
Pete
if you have good cell phone connection then you could use USB tethering, I just tried it and it works!
I am browsing this forum via tethering, I had to reboot my PC for windows to use it, but it's doable
< edit > 4 megabits
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - SMcNeill - 08-12-2025
You can also turn your cellphone into a WiFi hotspot and connect to it. I do that for my iPad whenever out in town and such.
RE: Sad News for Carrier Pigeons Today... - Jack - 08-12-2025
you can also get an external antenna for your wi-fi router which presumably would boost the signal, prices range from about $60 to over $300