Recorded August 22, 2025

We kick things off with the big news of the week: AOL finally pulling the plug on dial-up internet. Yes, it was somehow still a thing. Cue the nostalgia, sound effects, and plenty of snark.

From there, we debate the future of AVoIP. Is it the solution for everything, just another tool in the quiver, or the next technology destined to quietly fade away? Expect strong opinions, clashing perspectives, and a few surprising alliances you didn’t see coming.

We also launch a brand-new segment: Weekly Rivalry. Our first matchup? A non-rivalry between Iowa State and UNLV, brought to life with sports-style commentary, AV smack talk, and behind-the-scenes looks at how each campus tackles classroom tech, standardization, and those weird spaces nobody talks about.

Topics this week include:

• The end of AOL dial-up (seriously, it was still around)

• The great AV over IP debate: future standard or passing fad?

• Standardization, room checks, and the weirdest classrooms ever supported

• Why faculty still love (or hate) classroom PCs

News article:

https://www.theverge.com/news/757194/aol-dial-up-is-dead

https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued

AI-generated alternate show titles:

• Firmware Updates and Budget Cuts

• Traffic Jam at the USB-C Junction

• Goodbye, Dial-Up. Hello, AOL Discs on eBay.

• AVoverIP: Tool, Fad, or Forever?

• Ceiling Mics, Dongle Rescues, and Other Heroics

• The Quiver, the Toolbox, and the Cable Slot That Eats HDMI

• More Opinions Than Panelists

• Cloud Dreams and Network Nightmares

• Cadaver Labs, Poultry Farms, and Men’s Room IDF Closets

Far superior human created alternate show titles:

• That’s big in Kentucky

• Teddy is probably not going to have internet

• I still have a Hotmail

• More women for us!

• I’m OK being blasphemous

• We were aligned until you opened your mouth

• From the thing over IP to the other thing

• Baseband is coming to an end

• You said that where you can’t be wrong

• It’ll all figure itself out

• I keep arrows in the toolbox

• This is not just a Vegas thing, this is a Frank thing

• Have you seen society?

• We’re not pumping out geniuses!

• We’ve had that for 10 years and it still doesn’t work

• Digital plumbers

• Some overwhelming whatever it is

• It’s not that; it’s laziness

• How many multi-factors do I need to get into this?

• I can do this in my bedroom

• There’s going to be a nerd on the back-end

• Reboot the speaker

• The AI will reboot it for you

• Go get ‘em, tiger!

• That stupid clocking thing

• I lean into things that we hate

• 28-year-old Frank would have said something different

• We don’t have money for Velcro-brand Velcro

• It’s a 1-seater!

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