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   Message 136,790 of 137,311   
   Gary McGath to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: AOL ends dial-up   
   13 Aug 25 11:02:58   
   
   From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 8/13/25 1:30 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Jay Morris   wrote:   
   >> AOL has announced that they will turn off their last dial-up modems at   
   >> the end of September. They are down to a few thousand dial-up users out   
   >> of 2 million plus.   
   >   
   > Far too late for it to do the world any good.   
   >   
   > They came in, ruined the internet, and then left.  Just like Belgium   
   > in the Congo.   
      
   Dial-up modems ruined the Internet?   
      
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