dial-up

As the national move to get everyone connected to high-speed broadband continues, people who can't afford the average monthly fee of $40 for such service may want to consider stepping back in time with dial-up Internet service. The clicks and long buzzes of telephone connections being made over...

The AOL Time Warner merger of 2000 created a $160 billion colossus that fused America Online, the dominant Internet-access business of the 1990s, with Time Warner, the traditional media mammoth. But in a decade rocked by two recessions, Web access gave way to messaging, search and advertising --...