The 56K challenge had transformed New York into a bizarro LCD screen obstacle course. ... In 1998, the year the first 56K modem was available for purchase, I was in the 8th grade.

At first when the Internet was introduced to the world, there were very few souls who had access to it. It was a simpler time. People relied on TV and newspapers to know about what was happening in ...

The modem is also capable of roaming allowing you to connect to the Internet in more than 210 countries. AT&T says that the modem is plug-and-play compatible so you don't have to worry about software.