A modem connects your home network to the internet, and a router lets your devices talk to one another and use that internet connection. Most people need both.

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The First Civilian Commercial Computer Modem In 1962, AT&T introduced the Bell 103 Data Phone (seen here), which set the standard for 300-baud (approximately 300-bps) full-duplex modems.

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Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology. DNP This is the Modem World The great computer cold war of 1982 ...

To take advantage of all the new connectivity from his parents' mid-'90s Mac Performa, he needed a modem that would plug into the computer through one of its chunky "serial" ports.

If your ISP allows it, buying and installing your own modem can net you some sweet performance improvements and a cheaper monthly bill.

Three PC Card modems make this possible: Novatel Wireless’s Merlin and Merlin for Ricochet and Nextcell’s Spider II let you connect to the Web via cellular data networks.

3Com will soon ship a PC card modem for notebooks and cell phones. The modem, usable with phone systems throughout the world, features a more durable Xjack connector, which lets people plug their ...

ANSWER: The computer world has its share of misinformation. One is the measurement of the 56K modem, which rarely delivers a speed of more than 50K. You have to read the fine print to discover ...