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41,132 2,080 August 12, 2025 at 05:30 AM
AOL will stop offering dial-up internet service after more than 30 years in business [cnn.com]
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08-12-2025 at 06:34 AM.
08-12-2025 at 06:34 AM.
you always switch to NETZERO
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emelvee
08-12-2025 at 09:43 AM.
08-12-2025 at 09:43 AM.
Quote from SpaceCallahan :
you always switch to NETZERO
How about Juno? bounce
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08-12-2025 at 09:53 AM.
08-12-2025 at 09:53 AM.
Are your backup carrier pigeons on strike or something? Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)
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08-12-2025 at 10:52 PM.
08-12-2025 at 10:52 PM.
Is your neighbor's wifi busted?
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08-13-2025 at 05:48 AM.
08-13-2025 at 05:48 AM.
Those were good times back when they first came out. It was so easy to bypass their payment system and get free internet.
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08-13-2025 at 07:06 AM.
08-13-2025 at 07:06 AM.
Several of the mini CDs they used to mail out with your "free 400 hours" were converted to Christmas tree ornaments.
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08-13-2025 at 08:23 AM.
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Quote from LC2 :
Those were good times back when they first came out. It was so easy to bypass their payment system and get free internet.
When I was using them in the late 90s, they kept offering me another free month when I called to cancel, went on for a while before I switched to a local ISP.
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08-13-2025 at 08:35 AM.
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How about Juno? bounce
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I wonder if the old floppies are worth anything Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)
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08-13-2025 at 01:51 PM.
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What? No CompuServ?
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08-14-2025 at 04:54 AM.
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What? No CompuServ?
My password was exposed on a BBS Frown
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08-15-2025 at 07:57 PM.
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I found this thing a few weeks ago while digging through stuff in my old TV/media room downstairs. I used to have a ton of them but must have finally thrown most of them out.
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08-15-2025 at 08:59 PM.
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Quote from SpaceCallahan :
you always switch to NETZERO
Quote from emelvee :
How about Juno? bounce
i used to i used to just switch between those 2 for free internet every month
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Quote from Frogstar :
When I was using them in the late 90s, they kept offering me another free month when I called to cancel, went on for a while before I switched to a local ISP.
I didn't pay for internet for years after that even, because Seattle had a free dial up service called No Charge. Those were the days. It was pretty fast for dial up.
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