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 ...

For anyone who experienced it, the screeching hiss of a modem handshaking over copper phone wires is unforgettable. The technology may have tied up the family phone line, but modems were the gateways ...

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 ...

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 ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=26108681#p26108681:1qqweq91 said: KhunRoger[/url]":1qqweq91]Hmph! If we're really getting into it... The first ...