7.3K views · 65 reactions | AOL is finally pulling the plug on its dial-up Internet service. America Online's signature beeps, static sounds and screeches were the iconic way many people first accessed the internet in the 1990s. By the early 2000s, high-speed lines quickly replaced telephone lines. By 2023, dial-up made up about 1% of U.S. household internet subscriptions. AOL says the service will officially be discontinued Sept. 30. | PBS NewsHour | Facebook

Most people over the age of 20 remember the sounds and irritations of dial-up internet modems. But what do young people, who have never heard a modem, think of the noise? We played the sound to pupils from St Helen and St Katharine in Abingdon to find out. | BBC Oxfordshire