I don't see how they have lasted this long or how there could be a 250k
people that would be able to get an actual land line to be able to use
56k dialup.
This makes me have so many questions. Like where are all these PRIs and
dailup units to run these. I remember removing many of the old Lucent
max TNTs that AOL used for dialup in our COs in the mid 2000s. I tried
to reconfigure a couple of them to use as VOIP gateways, but they had a
custom firmware on them that it wouldn't go back to regular defaults.
How are they still running all of these local numbers? I'm in ATT/VZ/CL
main COs on a regular basis and think I would notice dial up equipment
running in the colo spaces and cant say that I have noticed any. I have
seen a few portmaster PM3s that do not look like they are functioning
anymore. All the ports have alarms and the companies they are labeled as
being have been bankrupt for years.
For certain the oddity that they are still somewhat functioning today
completely astonishes me.
On 8/11/2025 2:36 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
For those of you who think nostalgically about those warm modem
dial-up tones, AOL is discontinuing its dial-up service. Music to the
ears of all ISPs that there will now be about a quarter million new
internet customers.
https://pcper.com/2025/08/aol-discontinues-dial-up-wait-what/
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