Ukraine is poised to join the Kardesa project, a major international initiative to construct a high-capacity undersea cable system across the Black Sea, connecting Ukraine with Bulgaria, Turkey, and Georgia. This project, spearheaded by Vodafone Group and Vodafone Ukraine with a budget exceeding $100 million, aims to bolster Ukraine’s digital sovereignty and internet resilience, providing fast and secure internet access while linking Europe and Asia. Scheduled to begin construction in 2027, the Kardesa system will add 500 Tbps of internet capacity, addressing the growing demands of 5G, artificial intelligence, and streaming services.
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Tuesday marks the end of AOL’s dial-up internet service, a groundbreaking access point for millions of early internet users. AOL, once a dominant force, facilitated many people’s initial web experiences with its distinctive “You’ve Got Mail!” notification. Despite once boasting over 20 million users and a historic merger with Time Warner, AOL’s dial-up service declined with the rise of broadband. The shutdown follows a period of user decline and a sale to Apollo, though AOL continues to offer other services and still has a few thousand paying dial-up users, even though they no longer provide dial-up services.
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AOL, the company known for its “You’ve got mail” greeting and ubiquitous trial CDs, is discontinuing its dial-up internet service. This decision, announced on AOL’s website, will end the service, along with the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, on September 30th. The dial-up service, which used telephone lines and emitted a distinct chirping sound, was a staple of internet access in the 1990s. AOL, now part of Yahoo and previously owned by Verizon, was sold to Apollo Global Management in 2021.
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