Your internet connection depends on multiple devices working together. Here are the details to help you troubleshoot problems and stay online.

The storm that swept through Citrus on Friday morning was a dud, it seemed, sending only a few trees to the ground. But with insidious precision it claimed victims. Few people knew what hit them until ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a tech industry market research analyst that writes about 5G, Edge Computing, AI, Cloud Computing, IoT, Smart Devices and more ...

Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology. I've known my friend Jeff since I was 2 years old. He was one year ...

The amount of functionality being added to these tiny, cheap, single-board computers is getting ridiculous (in a good way). Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to ...

The vast majority of 3G and 4G USB modems handed out by mobile operators to their customers are manufactured by a handful of companies and run insecure software, according to two security researchers ...

My mom just called me tonight telling me that she came home this evening and her home office circuit breaker was tripped. The cable modem is burnt, with visible black marks on the outside of the unit, ...