If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches and ...

Their arrival heralded a new age of communications and they played a major role in the explosion of the internet. We're talking, of course, about modems. Here we look back on the development of this ...

Only a few years ago personal computer users had two choices when they went to hook up their PCs to phone lines. At that time, modems–the devices that enable computers to transmit information over ...

A lot of folks who bought computers a couple of years ago are finding that the 2,400-baud modems that came bundled inside aren’t up to the demands of today’s communications. The major on-line services ...

Can you believe it? A buddy needs a 2400 baud external modem for his laptop. Apparently it's the only way to connect to the financial institution he needs to do business with.<br><br>And I threw one ...