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Posted By: sunset, 8/11/2025 2:35:30 AM
AOL is set to shut down the dial-up internet service that once was the symbol of internet connectivity after over 40 years. A company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" states that the service will stopped on Sept. 30. The company says on the page that the shutdown follows a routine evaluation of its products and services. The hum and whir of a dial up modem was how many people first connected to the internet. At its height, a dial-up connection could manage up to 56 kilobits per second under ideal conditions, according to Apple Insider. Modern connections are measured up to gigabits per second.
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AOL is set to shut down the dial-up internet service that once was the symbol of internet connectivity after over 40 years.
A company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" states that the service will stopped on Sept. 30.
The company says on the page that the shutdown follows a routine evaluation of its products and services.
The hum and whir of a dial up modem was how many people first connected to the internet.
At its height, a dial-up connection could manage up to 56 kilobits per second under ideal conditions, according to Apple Insider. Modern connections are measured up to gigabits per second.
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Democrat whistleblower told
FBI that Schiff okayed leaking classified
intel to hurt Trump 26 replies
FBI that Schiff okayed leaking classified
intel to hurt Trump 26 replies
A career intelligence officer who worked for ADemocrats on the House Intelligence Committee for more than a decade repeatedly warned the FBI beginning in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff had approved leaking classified information to smear then-President Donald Trump over the now-debunked Russiagate scandal, according to bombshell FBI memos that Director Kash Patel has turned over to Congress.The FBI 302 interview reports obtained by Just the News state the intelligence staffer — a Democrat by party affiliation who described himself as a friend to both Schiff, now a California senator, and former Republican House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes — considered the classified leaking to be "unethical," "illegal," and “treasonous,”
Yep, Mamdani Will Be NYC’s Next Mayor
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"Nice city you have here — it would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
Something bad is about to happen to New York City.
Maybe I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong. The greatest city in the world deserves something better than a commie-racist/nepo-red-diaper-baby like Zohran Mamdani as its mayor.
But recent news has me convinced that the commie-racist/nepo-red-diaper-baby will be the city's next mayor.
President Donald Trump called Mamdani a "communist lunatic" back in June, and he isn't wrong. Every time some old social media post of the Democrat mayoral nominee resurfaces, he's boasting that "the end goal is seizing the means of production," complaining that capitalism is theft,
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Florida Dems lock themselves in a cage
to protest Alligator Alcatraz and we’re
here for it 20 replies
to protest Alligator Alcatraz and we’re
here for it 20 replies
On today’s episode of ‘Dems Doing Performative Nonsense,’ we have leftists locking themselves up.
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Look: [Tweet]
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A human chain of Boomers is the best Dems
can do? ‘That’s a lot of elderly white crybabies’ 16 replies
can do? ‘That’s a lot of elderly white crybabies’ 16 replies
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Watch: [Tweet, video]
For a party that complains about how old and white Republicans are, this protest looked an awful lot like a retirement home ad.
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Some folks are not close enough to a phone company hub for DSL internet connections. FWIW, you can still get dial-up internet from Juno and NetZero. Both have free options.