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(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.
It's not the having, it's the doing.
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Anyone who is still on dial-up today probably still gets their news from the town crier, too.
The noticing will continue
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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.
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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.
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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
