If you’ve got a computer, get a modem. For the money, there’s no better way to add power and fun to computing. Modems are the telephones of computers, allowing them to connect with other computers to ...

Modems fall into the category of computer hardware known as peripherals. But if you talk to anyone who uses a modem in a business application, they”ll tell you the modem is hardly peripheral to their ...

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 ...

If your computer isn’t equipped with a modem, you’re missing a lot. A modem, the device that translates a computer’s digital signals into sounds that can be transmitted over phone lines, can link your ...

The first time I used my Dell laptop after a heavy storm, the computer would not hold a dial tone when I tried to dial up to the Internet, and I still cannot get online with that computer. If this ...