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 ...

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The days of waiting and hearing the somewhat irritating modem-connection sound to get on the Internet are over for many businesses.But a few still stick to the old ways, opting for a less expensive ...

Uhhh. Define crackling noise. It's not a modem noise is it? Because I've known modems to output their sound through the speakers, in which case you'd have to turn the sound down or off through the ...