If you were born after wifi, the dial-up modem noise is what electronics used to sound like: dated, from the era of the fax machine and the non-customizable ringtone. To me, it’s more than that. The ...

My phone is dead/no dialtone, but my internet runs fine over verizon dsl in state college PA. I have a long wire running from the wall jack to my room (I live in a fraterntity house) about 100 yards.

Question: I switched my Dell PC from Windows Vista to Windows XP in order to go from a dial-up Internet connection to a faster broadband connection from AT&T. Now I want to go back to dial-up access ...