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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

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AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

AOL's dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. The company confirmed it would discontinue the service on Tuesday, September 30th, citing routine evaluations of its offerings.

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Now to hook two modems to two computers and get them to ‘talk’ over WhatsApp…

Would that be a VPN tunnel of sorts?
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  That’s just a direct connection. It used to be common for 2 player games to connect that way.
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    So much Warcraft 2 with my cousin over direct connect. Those were good times

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