The classic dial-up handshake sounds melodic, scratchy, and harsh, and is inexorably associated with connection. It’s also now silent. AOL’s decision this week to finally end dial-up service is not ...
Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2002. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. I use a modem for ...
Long before the vwip! of iMessage and the funky beats of the Skype startup song, digital communication had a strange soundtrack. Dial-up modems, which connected to servers and other computers via ...
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 ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. That iconic sing-song modem handshake tone will soon be heard no more after Telstra announced plans to switch off its dial-up service.
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