“Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster.” –Actress Sandra Bullock, a computer buff who plays a hacker in her latest film, “The Net.” ...

The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone line, ...

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 ...

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, ...

If your company only has the resources for a single telephone line, you can use it to support a telephone, fax machine and a computer modem. While ideally you would have a dedicated phone line for ...

A modem and router work in tandem to deliver you an internet connection. Even if the modem and router are combined in the same hardware, they serve distinct functions. The modem communicates with the ...