The nation's two top dial-up Internet providers are jumping into different lifeboats as the broadband Internet wave threatens to sink their leaky business models. It remains unclear whether either ...

A new breed of modem -- referred to by the decidedly unmemorable moniker of "V.92" -- is appearing on computer stores' shelves. It promises to add convenient features and squeeze every last ounce of ...

A beacon of the early internet is about to be silenced. AOL’s dial-up internet service is shutting down Tuesday, ending one of the web’s first mainstream access points. Once a dominant technology ...

There are few things less hip than dial-up Internet access. Most folks don't even remember what a dial-up modem sounds (or looks) like. Nevertheless, there are millions of people that use pokey ...

The secret to AOL's 3.5 million dial-up subscribers: they're not paying for dial-up. Completely baffled the fact that not only do 3.5 million people still subscribe to AOL's dial-up service, but the ...

AOL is ending dial-up access next month, 34 years after launching the service that provided many Americans with their first (somewhat limited) taste of the internet. The surprising news here is that ...

BOSTON — United Online revved up its NetZero Internet access offerings Tuesday, rolling out a high-speed version of its dial-up service, which uses compression and caching technologies to allow for ...

A beacon of the early internet is about to be silenced. AOL’s dial-up internet service is shutting down Tuesday, ending one of the web’s first mainstream access points. Stream Connecticut News for ...