What year will "dial-up warning" thread titles finally end?

[Polybius]

I remember being surprised around 2007 seeing "dial-up warning" posts, not knowing that some still used it. However, I still see them. I can't help but wonder what year they will finally go extinct. 2030? 2035? Or will we still see them well past that?

Note: I am in no way bothered by these posts, I'm just generally curious. In fact, I kinda don't want them to end, as it gives DU a more retro feel. If anyone actually still uses diel-up, cool!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. A few years ago I was working tech support for an ISP

I got a customer calling in because their VOIP phone wouldn't work with their dial-up Internet. For whatever reason they wouldn't use the Cable Internet service for the actual Internet, just for their phone.
They ended up cancelling service because they couldn't get it to work.

[Meadowoak]

2. I haven't used dial-up since 1995.

[Basic LA]

3. I know it's a completely separate issue, but ...

... my bugaboo is when I call the VA to renew a prescription, I have to listen to the painfully slow & detailed instructions on what to do if using a ROTARY PHONE! Argh!

[NotASurfer]

4. Well, we still say we crank the engine to start cars

I personally have never had to walk to the front, grab the handle, and mechanically crank, but the term just stuck. Probably even EV owners sometimes describe a starting problem "it just won't crank"

Sometimes the language gets stuck with anachronisms. Or maybe people who speak English just don't do a really good job of it

[Polybius]

5. I think "crank" is more of an old-fashioned term

I'm a Gen Xer, and we would say "It just won't turn." Ya know what I love though? That the "Save" symbol is still a floppy disk.