If you have home internet, you’ll likely have been sent a towering internet box we call a cable modem. Seemingly innocuous, that modem can cost you big time over the years as you usually have to pay ...

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The best cable modems reduce your monthly bills since you won’t have to pay your ISP to rent a modem from them. By investing in a modem of your own upfront, those monthly costs won’t add up. You also ...

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 ...

If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches and ...

If you get Internet service from your cable company, you’ve probably noticed it’s not cheap, and it’s only getting more expensive with each passing year. A smart way to take some of the sting out of ...

The news was confirmed by Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon during the company’s first fiscal quarter 2024 report. According to Amon, Qualcomm will continue to license its 5G modems to Apple until March ...

Modems have been in use by the private sector since the early 1960s. All modems use phone lines to transmit information, but not every modem is the same. As the name implies, a "fax modem" is intended ...

It’s not just uber-fast internet that’s crucial for gaming—you need a reliable, solid internet connection with minimal lag. A low ping, spotless connection could be the difference between victory or ...

Troy Mursch, co-founder of Bad Packets LLC, says his company's honeypots have detected at least one threat actor scanning heavily for Orange modems. Scans started Friday, December 21, Mursch said. The ...

Each spring, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place where the entire mobile ecosystem shows off the best of what it has to offer for the year. Following Apple’s announcement of its C1 modem ...