Communication · 1958

Modem

Computers start talking to each other over ordinary telephone lines.

AT&T's Bell 101 modem, derived from the SAGE air defense network, went on sale in 1958 at 110 bits per second. Modems let computers share data remotely, and dial-up speeds reached 56 kbit/s by the late 1990s, carrying most early home internet.

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