In an era dominated by broadband and wireless cellular networks, it might come as a surprise to many that dial-up internet services still exist in the United States. This persistence is not a mere ...

Although high-speed connections are more pervasive than ever, in certain areas and under certain circumstances a dial-up modem is still a handy and reliable way to access the Internet. To hook one of ...

There will be plenty of waves for analog modems to surf, thanks to a new dial-up modem standard and U.S. Robotics' plans to bring one of the first boards to the beach. U.S. Robotics announced ...

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 ...

AOL dialup users are hard to find, even on AOL. That's what I found after my editor asked a simple question: who still uses AOL dialup? 'Are they dead? Are they comatose, and on auto-pay? Do they live ...

The lowly analog modem once provided the de facto soundtrack of the Internet: a soothing dial-tone hum followed by a crescendo of beeping, screeching and scratching before a friendly "You've got mail" ...

My brother has a several years old Gateway tower that he uses for a dialup connection to his ISP, Qwest.net. It's a Pentium II 500 with an ISA USR 56k modem, running Win98.<BR>A couple weeks ago the ...

I've seen that Electronics Boutique is taking preorders for the PS2 network adapter, and it's supposedly shipping on August 27th. It has both an ethernet interface and a 56K modem integrated into it, ...

A new modem standard, V.92, will boost upload speeds and better handle phone-call interruptions for users of dial-up Internet services. In an age when broadband Internet services offer speedy and ...

The Internet blackout in Egypt serves as an excellent case study for the kind of disaster any IT department should be ready to face. Backup systems must be in place for the day when servers crash, a ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking the operators of America's 66 nuclear power plants to voluntarily upgrade the on-site monitoring systems that report plant conditions to the government.