What actually were those noises that dial-up modems made when connecting? What caused the noise?
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The noise is modem language. That’s how they speak over the telephone
There was a law that said modems must have speakers. That’s because if you dialed the wrong number or lived in a town with an operator then you could dial a person, and if there wasn’t a speaker, you’d just keep clicking the button and getting frustrated that it didn’t work, while some elderly lady’s phone wouldn’t stop ringing and screeching at her when she picked it up.
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