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 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. That iconic sing-song modem handshake tone will soon be heard no more after Telstra announced plans ...

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QUESTION: On my Windows 98 computer, I get an "error 680, there is no dial tone," when I try to use my modem. There is no handshake sound, but there was previously ...

Blueyonder now officially supports the V.92 dial-up modem specification, bringing new features such as Modem-on-Hold, which works with Call Waiting service to enable calls to be received without ...

The dulcet tones of a modem handshake may be a thing of the distant past for most of us, but that hasn’t stopped there being a lively hacking scene in the world of analogue telephones. Often that’s ...