modem
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June, now 63, said her home office at the time had a dial-up modem, trading software downloaded from a compact disc and a dodgy internet connection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
With Qualcomm specifically, investors have also worried that the company was losing business with modem customers Apple and Samsung Electronics.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
For Comcast customers who lease an Advanced Xfinity Gateway modem, there’s an integrated Wi-Fi motion sensor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Mizuho estimated that Apple accounted for $8.8 billion worth of business for Qualcomm in fiscal 2025, and the loss of modem share could put roughly $3 billion at risk.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
This 'dining hall' where I now sit, however, is a modem annexe built to adjoin the main building - a long, flat room characterized by rows of large windows on either side.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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The chip company produces modem systems for iPhones, but Apple is now producing its own modems, with more advanced systems potentially on the way.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Later, I worked on modems at Bell Labs, funded by a government-mandated monopoly’s profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
The actual road that led Redick to the Lakers has been lined with coaxial cables, modems and Wi-Fi signals, and is painfully and, at times, beautifully structureless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
The dial-up modems screamed at anyone who wanted to surf the net, but surfing was more like sitting in the water with some floaties and a pool noodle compared to today’s internet.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
Meanwhile, downloading software and MP3s was sometimes agonizingly slow; even worse, they’d gotten their butts kicked when they went online to play Quake or Half-Life against geeks who did have cable modems.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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