Facing stiff competition in the broadband market, modem manufacturer TurboComm Technology is planning to beef up its 56K modem production to offset wilting profits in its core ADSL and cable modem ...

some of the original 56k modems were unable to exceed 53k at fcc regulated voltages. over a leased line or some such, they could do 56k.<BR><BR>that problem was cleared up like three months after ...

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 and ...

I recently built a new computer for a friend (Shuttle Zen: ATI Intel MB w/IGP, undervolted P4 1.6A, 512MB), and gave him the external Supra Express modem that had been gathering dust on my shelf (but ...

Maybe Brent Townshend would have wound up in court no matter what he invented. Since creating 56K bit/sec modem technology in the mid-1990s, the California engineer has spent a lot of time suing ...

The man behind the 56k modem, inventor Brett Townsend took patent fight to the extreme. In this argument over technologies the winner is not a technology at all, it’s its inventor Brent Townshend. He ...