AOL ends dial-up internet service after more than 30 years

AOL is shutting down the dial-up service that introduced homes across the US to the internet.The offering, which connects to the internet via a phone line, launched more than 30 years ago and was known for its chirpy whirring start-up sound, memorialised in the 1998 film You've Got Mail. But it has long since been eclipsed by faster alternatives. Fewer than 300,000 people in the US reported having only a dial-up…