From screeches to speeds: saying goodbye to a sound that defined the early web. Another page turns in the history of the web: AOL has confirmed it will switch off its dial-up internet service in the US on 30 September 2025. For many, AOL’s familiar discs and the modem’s hiss-ping-screech were the gateway to an online world that felt brand new, a little wild, and endlessly exciting. Why this...