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I can't and didn't realize it was still around and people were still using it.
i remember using Prodigy years ago for dial up - never used AOl or its more common name (AoHELL)

End of an era: AOL to discontinue its dial-up internet service after 30 years.
The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the online world will be retired in September 30

End of an era: AOL to discontinue its dial-up internet service after 30 years
The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the online world will be retired in September


The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the nascent online world are to be formally retired when AOL’s dial-up internet shuts down in late September.

AOL, or America Online, said recently it was discontinuing the old school connection option after an evaluation of its products and services and that it would no longer support dial-up software starting 30 September.

The date portends the end of an era for millions of Americans of a certain age: millennials, gen Xers, boomers and those of the greatest generation. The characteristic sound of modems conducting an analog handshake to establish a connection was a preliminary soundtrack to a new world of instant connection, wires, handheld computer mice, emails, chatrooms, instant messages and glowing screens.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... p-internet

Believe it or not, the AOL desktop still exists. I had a client who was an attorney who still used it as his browser 5 years ago and probably still does (not dialup, over cable) because the guy, like most attorneys, has no clue what a browser is, or that an AOL email address doesn't exactly look professional.

I was surprised they still had dial-up. I read that they still have some 1.5mil users that pay monthly but it's not for Internet. It's apparently for tech support and Internet security. Kinda like a Norton or other company. That's their bread & butter apparently going forward.