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The screeching sound that meant the internet was coming — and why nobody under 30 has ever heard it

There is a sound that instantly divides the population into two groups. To anyone who was online before roughly 2003, it is unmistakable: a dial tone, a rapid series of touch-tone beeps, a pause, then ...
CNET

AOL Pulls the Plug on Dial-Up Internet Today, 34 Years After Its Launch

Like TV screen static, a VHS tape rewinding, or a butter churn, the grating sound of AOL dial-up Internet will also soon be a thing of the past. As the company announced in August on its support ...
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AOL hangs up the dial-up internet service (and sound) that defined an era

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...
XDA Developers

Someone recreated the dial-up internet sound but for Wi-Fi, and it sounds like a hellish nightmare

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...
Hackaday

Making WiFi Sound Like Dial-Up Internet

Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to those jumping online in the early days of the Internet. Modern digital ...