For anyone who experienced it, the screeching hiss of a modem handshaking over copper phone wires is unforgettable. The technology may have tied up the family phone line, but modems were the gateways ...

Apple reportedly planned to switch to its own 5G modems with its 2023 iPhones, but Qualcomm now expects to make the ‘vast majority’ of 5G modems for those smartphones Apple reportedly planned to ...

To get internet access in your home, you need both a modem and a router. They aren't interchangeable, and they serve two very different functions. If you think of your home as an island, the modem is ...

Each spring, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place where the entire mobile ecosystem shows off the best of what it has to offer for the year. Following Apple’s announcement of its C1 modem ...

Microsoft’s January 2026 Windows 11 update (KB5074109) intentionally disables dial-up modems by removing “unsafe” driver packages like agrsm.sys and smserial.sys. PCWorld reports this security-focused ...

If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The vast majority of Americans today have access to the internet. If you live in a big city, you probably have the option to choose between a ...

A high-speed, stable connection to the internet is essential in the modern age. So, unless you plan to use a mobile hotspot, which requires a phone plan to function, you need a modem to get — and stay ...