AOL is closing the phone that has provided homes across the United States to the Internet.
The display, which connects to the Internet, was launched via a phone line, more than 30 years ago, and was known for its amazing starting voice, which was mentioned in the 1998 movie it got by mail.
But a long time ago, faster alternatives have been detected.
Less than 300,000 people in the United States have reported that there is an internet connection to the phone, compared to more than 300 million with broadband service, according to government estimates for 2023.
The company said in a notice of subscribers in the United States and Canada on Friday: “AOL is routinely evaluating its products and services and decided to stop the Internet for phone call,” the company said in a notice of subscribers in the United States and Canada on Friday.
The company added that the service will not be available in AOL plans as of September 30.
AOL She sold her arm in the United Kingdom in 2006.
“Thank you for the memories of Rip,” wrote Steve Kis, co -founder of AOL, who headed the company’s growth in the 1990s.
The company was known to attract customers by sending them by email Free experimental tablets And at one point He claimed ownership of nearly 40 % of the time the Americans spent on the Internet.
AOL, which merged with Time Warner in 2000 in a large -scale deal, boiled More than 30 million subscribers at the end of 2001.
But its progress has already started corrosion, as the wide range of competitors began to gain traction. Early in 2003, I began to be aware of the phone request service, As in the Wall Street Journal article announced: “It is official. The phone call is dying.”
In the United Kingdom, AOL was dropped from the first place as an internet service provider In 1999.
Time Warner Spun Off AOL in 2009. It was obtained by Verizon in 2015, which witnessed value in mobile technology and later integrated with Yahoo.
Today, AOL and Yahoo is owned by Apollo Global.