The ability to support an ADSL system over a very long reach at maximum data speed is limited by many factors, including the allowed transmission power, loop signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), ...

This is a really annoying problem I encounter when I have any version of NT/2000 on my laptop. <P>In Windows 9x I could disable the modem volume so it made no noise when I dialed out. Strangely enough ...

I just got back upstairs from my neighbors house. He was having trouble connecting up to the Internet with his modem. Whenever he does he gets a crackling noise that comes over the speaker. Plus it ...

People of a certain age remember the sounds and irritations that came with dial-up modems. But how would a young person, who never heard a modem noise before, react to it? BBC Oxford played the sound ...

ANSWER: We’ve all been there. After entering a password and hitting Enter to go online, there’s the howl and warble of modem noise. Here’s how to silence the screeching modem: Click Start and go to ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. It's like a dog whistle. It's emblazoned on my brain. You all know what I'm talking about. Unless you're way too young and you're intent on making me ...

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 ...

A Tumblr dedicated to crowdsourcing videos of people making dial-up internet noises proves that '90s kids will never forget the sound of going online with a 56K modem.

Can you hear that crackling dial-up modem noise kicking around in the back of your head? If you grew up in the '90s, and you had a computer, you probably had its familiar, modulated tones in your head ...