When was the last time you heard that distinctive clunk of a pay phone hanging up? Or the screech of a modem coming to life? They're the sounds we lived with for decades and once represented cutting ...

Modems can be noisy when they dial up and connect to a remote location. Maybe you work late at night and don't want to wake anyone up or maybe the modem sounds just drive you crazy! Whatever the ...

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 ...

Though your old dial-up modem (hopefully) now sits in a junk yard somewhere, its beeps and whistles surely remain etched into your brain. With this massive image, Oona Räisänen decided to explain ...

You should hear a dial tone, then the modem dialing the number, a ringing tone from the other end, then the ISP answering. Finally you should hear the familiar squealing sounds as the modems work out ...

If you remember what a modem sounds like, chances are you’re old. And that’s not the only tech sound that’s being quickly forgotten. Our friends at LaptopMag have complied a list of noises that may ...

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.

QUESTION: On my Windows 98 computer, I get an "error 680, there is no dial tone," when I try to use my modem. There is no handshake sound, but there was previously ...

If you’re a technology fan of a certain age (in your late 20s or beyond), the distinctively abrasive dial-up tone of an old modem may fill you with a warm sense of nostalgia. If the U.S. military has ...