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 ...

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...

Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to those jumping online in the early days of the Internet. Modern digital ...

What would you say is the definitive soundtrack to your youth? Is it a favourite album? Or perhaps the ambient sounds of summer, like bicycle wheels rolling over or a chorus of cicadas? For me, it is ...

Look in your sound control panel. There might be something about "Modem WAV Out". Mute that and it should turn off the sound. Ifound out that sometimes look at your settings in your ISP. For example, ...