As Rockwell Semiconductor begins shipments of its 56-kbps modem chips, the company says it has already lined up a long list of customers. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, ...

Zoom Telephonics will offer a free software upgrade for all of its currently shipping 56-kbps modems when the International Telecommunications Union 56-kbps standard arrives. The offer is good for ...

For as much as we complain about Internet speeds, it's easy to forget just how good we have it compared to the early days of the web when many of us were forced to wait with baited breath for an AOL ...

US Robotics, Motorola and Hayes have followed Boca Research by saying they will deliver products based on the proposed standard and throw their combined weight into making the speed an International ...

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 ...

US-based Internet market watcher Jupiter Communications said broadband solutions such as ISDN, ADSL and cable modems, won't make significant inroads until the next decade. Jupiter predicts 56Kbps ...

There are two other standards that the latest commercial modems require: V.42bis for data compression and V.42 for error correction. A typical commercial modem ...

Samsung Telecommunications America unveiled at Spring RetailVision earlier this month a data cable modem that provides high-speed Internet access and is part of the InfoRanger line. The SCM-110R is a ...

Voice-over-data technology lets you exchange data during a normal phone call on a POTS line. You can collaborate on designs on remote computers, send and receive files, and even play interactive games ...

I'm using AT&T Southwestern Bell DSL. I've had this service since about 2004 or so, with only intermittent issues. Most of the problems I've had in the past related to the 3Wire DSL modems/routers ...