fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same daywww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same daywww.tomshardware.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square89linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareDearth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIf you live in a rural area, it seems plausible
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoEven simple pages are now at least 1-2MB big. News pages without an ad blocker and Autoplay videos can easily try to download 10 or more MB per page load. On 56kbits dial up, 10MB will take about 25 mins in the best case.
minus-squarelemmyknow@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago25 minutes later Cookie popup *clicks button* Updating your preferences…
minus-squarePhillyCodeHound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYea I guess so. Man that must be difficult.
If you live in a rural area, it seems plausible
Even simple pages are now at least 1-2MB big. News pages without an ad blocker and Autoplay videos can easily try to download 10 or more MB per page load. On 56kbits dial up, 10MB will take about 25 mins in the best case.
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Yea I guess so. Man that must be difficult.