Bottom line: This modem makes sharing a dial-up connection easy, but confirm that your ISP supports it before you buy. For those who either can’t get or can’t afford a broadband Internet connection, ...

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Wireless hot spots are popping up everywhere—airports, hotels, cafes, public parks, and more. And as convenient as they can be for business travelers, 802.11 hot spots can't come close to the kind of ...

A modem for use in a laptop or other computer with a PC Card (PCMCIA) slot. Modem PC Cards come in landline and wireless varieties, the latter enabling you to connect to a specific cellular or data ...

Even though it sold its 5G smartphone modem team and IP portfolio to Apple, Intel suggested there was a possibility it would still produce 5G modems for PCs. That doesn't appear to be the case today, ...

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 ...

In 2008, a total of 46.4 million such modems (including USB models, PC card modems, and wireless routers) shipped; in 2009, that figure grew to more than 72 million, according to the latest market ...

If you thought you needed broadband to be a part of the wireless generation, think again. The Actiontec Dual PC Modem is a simple hardware device that lets two computers share a dial-up Internet ...