The ability to support an ADSL system over a very long reach at maximum data speed is limited by many factors, including the allowed transmission power, loop signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), ...

I just got back upstairs from my neighbors house. He was having trouble connecting up to the Internet with his modem. Whenever he does he gets a crackling noise that comes over the speaker. Plus it ...

People of a certain age remember the sounds and irritations that came with dial-up modems. But how would a young person, who never heard a modem noise before, react to it? BBC Oxford played the sound ...