Neowin News Feed for: Dial-up

End of an era: AOL is discontinuing dial-up internet

Usama Jawad — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:22:01 +0000

34 years after inception, AOL has finally decided to discontinue dial-up internet services next month. Goodbye, 56Kbps internet. Read more...

Australian Bureau of Statistics hangs up on counting dialup internet connections

Boyd Chan — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 08:26:01 +0000

After having collected data on dial-up internet connections for over 15 years with cooperation from ISPs, the ABS has decided to pull the plug after subscriber numbers fell to 90,000 in June 2016. Read more...

MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access Software Released

Tom Warren — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 20:22:33 +0000

Thanks to Iluvatar for the heads up on this one As one of the first to install new MSN® 9 Dial-up, you'll soon experience the Internet the way you've always wanted. If... Read more...

Microsoft Browser Holes Lead to AIM, Dial-Up Attacks

Sun, 28 Sep 2003 04:00:21 +0000

Security holes in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser have been exploited by hackers to hijack AOL instant messaging accounts and force unsuspecting Web surfers to run up massive phone bills, computer experts cautioned on Friday. Some... Read more...

Telewest raises remote dial-up charges

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 09:16:19 +0000

Telewest has increased the cost of connecting to its Blueyonder dialup Internet service from non-Telewest lines, while falsely claiming that users will not incur extra charges from the change. Instead of using local phone numbers... Read more...

MSN TV 'virus' changes dial-up number to 911

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:31:49 +0000

People using the MSN TV system in the states have had law enforcement calling them and even coming round due to their dial-up numbers being changed to 911 by a program contained in an email.... Read more...