"The sound only starts when call answering is enabled in the Modem control panel. The problem exists with all G4 Digital Audio machines; not just the 667 and up. I have been able to replicate this ...

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 ...

The distinctive sounds of dial-up internet have been preserved in a new audio compilation that takes listeners through the evolution of modem technology. From sluggish 300 bps connections to the ...

Uhhh. Define crackling noise. It's not a modem noise is it? Because I've known modems to output their sound through the speakers, in which case you'd have to turn the sound down or off through the ...

Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic remembers the sound of a dial-up modem so fondly that he has scoured the internet to find out exactly what all those grating tones meant. Alexis Madrigal at The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Oona Räisänen, Creative Commons Photo credit: . Long before the vwip! of iMessage and the funky beats of the Skype ...