We are in the midst of a communications revolution, and the modem leads the way for you to tap into a world of vast information resources. With a modem and your telephone line you can to connect to other computers anywhere around the world.

The most popular use of a modem is to connect to the Internet or the Web. The Internet can provide a wealth of information for work or leisure. You can also shop via the Internet and never leave your home.

You can connect to online services. These services provide electronic banking, shopping, travel reservations, news, and weather. Most importantly you can do email which is a fast way to send and receive messages electronically. However, online services do charge a monthly fee.

You can telecommute, which is working at home and using your PC to communicate with your office. Over the past five years, the number of telecommuters has been steadily rising.

Finally, you can use your modem to send and receive a fax document, which is an electronic or digitized copy of a document.

In all of the above you can upload or send information, and download or receive information electronically. This is much faster that waiting on more traditional methods.