End users still had to use regular modems, which would have their analog audio output converted through DS0 at some point on its way back to the ISP. This kept upload speeds limited to 33.6 kbps.

Replacing your current, working 56-kbps modem with a V.92 model would be premature. But if you plan on buying a new modem anyway, it makes sense to buy a V.92-ready model.

The fastest analog modems, with peak download speeds of 56 Kbps (thousands of bits per second), can hardly be compared with the speeds of digital Internet connections, which have speeds ranging ...

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 ...

Sillicon Valley News has a story on the latest analog modem enhancements, V.92. Improvements include a shorter dial up/connection time (as in when you call in and the modem makes ...

The modem communications chipset market has been on a roller-coaster ride during the past five years. Back in 1996, for example, there was the heated, worldwide standards battle involving 56Kbit/sec.

A California inventor of a standard for dial-up modem technology has settled a patent infringement lawsuit with Analog Devices Inc. over charges that the company was improperly using patented ...

A fax modem is a device that lets computers send and receive fax documents over a telephone line. It converts the digital data like a PDF into analog signals like beeps and tones, which enable the ...

The converter generates rings, dial tone, and power and extracts the data from the modem flow to transfer it over the GPRS link. The Bridge130D is based on the eDevice TCP/IP stack, including a ...

After the license is signed, hardware modem manufacturers will pay $0.44 per unit sold in 2003, $0.38 per unit sold in 2004, and $0.31 per unit sold in 2005 or thereafter.