US EditionAOL Will Stop Offering Dial-up Internet Service After More than 30 Years in Business
UNITED STATES, AUG 11 – Only about 163,000 U.S. households still rely on AOL dial-up, mainly in rural areas lacking broadband, as the company ends the service after 34 years to focus on modern internet offerings.
- AOL, once synonymous with getting online, announced it will discontinue its dial-up internet service and retire its AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser on September 30, 2025.
- AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet, as usage plunged from about 1.5 million subscribers in 2015 to low thousands by 2021.
- Data show 163,000 households still used only dial-up, with speeds topping at 56,000 bits per second and costing about $10 per month.
- But for a small group in rural or remote areas, dial-up remained a lifeline, and on September 30, hold-outs must switch to other services despite niche providers.
- Federal data show that 22.3% of rural residents and 27.7% of those on Tribal lands lack broadband compared to 1.5% in urban areas, highlighting ongoing disparities despite initiatives like the Affordable Connectivity Program and BEAD.
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The company reported that it had "decided to abandon dial-up Internet access" without specifying how many users would be affected. According to the US media CNBC, AOL had 2.1 million modem customers in 2015, a figure reduced to a few thousand by 2021.
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