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 ...

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 ...

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 ...