Here’s how it works. The best cable modems give you greater control over your home network but they can also save you quite a lot of money over time. In the same way that upgrading to one of the ...

The earliest types of modems have been around since the 1920s. Back then the main function of a modem was to transmit data types across dedicated telephone lines, mostly used for and by news agencies.

Typically, a modem has two connection ports: one that connects to your ISP and one that connects to your Wi-Fi router. There are three types of modems: A router connects your devices to a modem ...

Readers of a certain age will no doubt remember the external modems that used to sit next to their computers, with the madly flashing LEDs and cacophony of familiar squeals announcing your ...

A family of modems developed by Hayes, which was the industry leader for many years (see Hayes). Hayes developed the "intelligent modem" for the first personal computers in 1978, and its command ...