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spir-8856	Driscoll, Kevin	SINGING DATA OVER THE PHONE: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE MODEM	2015.0	5	.pdf	application/pdf	1845	92	46	In response, entrepreneurial modem makers began to compete with one another with proprietary protocols and faster speeds.6 Fragmentation among modem standards reflected a fragmentation in the PC industry at large. Amid the rapid deregulation of U.S. telecommunications during the 1970s, modems enabled thousands of far-flung microcomputer enthusiasts to exchange data and ideas over standard telephone wires.	cache/spir-8856.pdf	txt/spir-8856.txt