The sound of a1990s dial-up modem is music to some composers' ears. Do you remember the sound of a dial-up modem? Kind of R2D2 and Darth Vader all rolled up into one gurgly, bloop-bleep bridge of ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. That iconic sing-song modem handshake tone will soon be heard no more after Telstra announced plans ...

Long before the vwip! of iMessage and the funky beats of the Skype startup song, digital communication had a strange soundtrack. Dial-up modems, which connected to servers and other computers via ...

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 ...

That iconic sing-song modem handshake tone will soon be heard no more after Telstra announced plans to switch off its dial-up service.