AOL ended its dial-up internet service on September 30, 2025. The company posted a short notice saying it routinely evaluates its products and had decided to discontinue dial-up, and that the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser would go with it. The service had run for over three decades, and it taught America what connecting sounded like. Two sounds went with it: the handshake screech and a recorded voice saying you had mail.
If you have an iPhone, you know the new Verizon advertising push humiliating at&t for their lousy 3G coverage is well-earned and deserved.
Yesterday, at&t released a fascinating app for the iPhone — Mark the Spot — that lets every iPhone user on their network precisely report problem network areas and spotting cellular coverage. Thank you, Verizon, for pressing at&t into finally doing the right thing… even if it’s three years too late.
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I’m not crazy about at&t as a cellular provider. Their 3G network is awful and slow and shattered — but, I have an iPhone and I have a 3G data plan with at&t as well — so I’m stuck with the service in deulling, two-year, pops.
I used to own the Option GT Ultra Express 3G modem on the at&t network, but my new MacBook does not have a 3/4 Express slot; I needed to upgrade to a USB modem for 3G connectivity. I decided to get the new Quicksilver 3G USB 2.0 modem from at&t.
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In theory, it was all supposed to go a certain way. I was supposed to have everything in my apartment packed and either shipped, sold, or eliminated in other ways. I was supposed to stay with a friend on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for a little while until I found my own place to live, and then I was going to live there. That is how it was supposed to go, but that is not at all how it went; life has had other plans for me thusfar.
One of the greatest inventions for my new seventeen inch Mac Book Pro — new Mac Book Pro 17-inch LCD review coming soon — is my new Option GT Ultra Express modem from at&t that allows me to go “3G Wireless” and have fast internet connectivity the world over.
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