Despite the widespread adoption of broadband, there are still rural areas in the US where it is not yet available or very expensive. According to a recent...
Per your own link: they started as game delivery service called Control Video Corp and later became an AppleLink service called Quantum Link. They became AOL in 89 when they separated from Apple and offered internet modem pools starting in 91.
AOL was founded in 1983 and dial-up would have been the only way to access it. These dates are suspect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL
Per your own link: they started as game delivery service called Control Video Corp and later became an AppleLink service called Quantum Link. They became AOL in 89 when they separated from Apple and offered internet modem pools starting in 91.
oh dear, I just skimmed for the founding date.