If you were born after wifi, the dial-up modem noise is what electronics used to sound like: dated, from the era of the fax machine and the non-customizable ringtone. To me, it’s more than that. The ...

The distinctive sounds of dial-up internet have been preserved in a new audio compilation that takes listeners through the evolution of modem technology. From sluggish 300 bps connections to the ...

Dial-up modems used to be the default way of accessing the Internet, but times have moved on. They’re now largely esoteric relics from a time gone by. With regular old phone lines rather hard to come ...

Hi i don't know if this is the right place but as i've had no luck with google to find information about 2 realy old external dial-up modems someone suggested i should ask here. The modems i have are ...

I am a keen Mandrake 10 fan and have been using a shared net connection until now. I would like to get a linux system using its own dial-up connection. From experience, USB modems have been a bit of a ...

The PC modem is far from dead, thanks to a new dial-up standard that promises increased speed and other features that partially narrow the performance gap with broadband services. U.S. Robotics ...

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If your vision of the Big Apple still includes bright yellow taxi cabs, flashing lights, and a phone booth on every corner, it's time to recalibrate. The city just moved its last freestanding payphone ...

TL;DR: A YouTube creator successfully streamed video by bonding 12 phone lines together to showcase the raw potential of obsolete technology. The resulting connection delivered just under one megabit ...

The latest episode published by tech channel The Serial Port began with an interesting question: Is it possible to stream YouTube via dial-up internet? As the headline suggests, the answer is a ...