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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Those strange dial up modem sounds were not random noise but a real conversation between computers. This video explains how early internet connections used phone lines to negotiate speed reliability ...

Of all the noises that my children will not understand, the one that is nearest to my heart is not from a song or a television show or a jingle. It's the sound of a modem connecting with another modem ...

Once upon a time, going onto the internet was a journey through sound. Before all our phones were online all the time, before there were wifi connections in houses, planes, libraries, and coffee shops ...

Look in your sound control panel. There might be something about "Modem WAV Out". Mute that and it should turn off the sound. Ifound out that sometimes look at your settings in your ISP. For example, ...

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 ...