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 ...

Also BBSes, which were also huge time sinks. I ended up bringing in a second phone line to my parents' house, and then a third line when I wanted to run a BBS. But the house was only wired for two, so ...

WASHINGTON — The sound that defined the early days of the internet is going silent forever. AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet service on Tuesday, ending more than three decades of the iconic ...