Mediocrates
join:2008-05-27
Raleigh, NC
 ·Vonage
·AT&T CallVantage
| Vonage and casual fax use
I have a very very sporadic and occasional requirement to send receive faxes. Today I do that on another VoIP line from AT&T and I keep the bandwidth reservation switched off until I need it. Does Vonage work more or less the same way sans bandwidth reservation? Is it possible to send receive the occasional fax without having to subscribe to the $10/month service - which for my use is more than going to Kinko's? |
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trekologer
join:2005-10-20
Old Bridge, NJ | Yes, you can do that. |
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mahermusic
join:2001-07-06
Chesterfield, NJ | Over the past 5+ years using Vonage, I've had the occasion to send/receive 15-20 faxes per year. All went through... never a hitch.
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Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to Mediocrates
I wish I knew what the secret was. I switched to Vonage ( compression set to max quality ) and my Brother MFC-4800 has never liked to send/recieve over it. The fax doesn't expose many options for changing the baud rate and stuff so maybe I just need some new hardware. |
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radam
join:2004-02-13
Fairfax Station, VA
 ·Cox HSI
·Vonage
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June 11th, @08:42PM
| reply to Mediocrates
All you need is a telephone line splitter to send and receive occasional faxes with your VoIP line. This splitter can be bought at BestBuy or Radio Shack for about 99 cents.
Your fax machine and your telephone can share the same VoIP line and phone adapter. You do not need a dedicated line for faxes. My HP All-in-one 7210 works fine in this configuration. |
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Mediocrates
join:2008-05-27
Raleigh, NC
·Vonage
·AT&T CallVantage
| reply to Mediocrates
I overthought this. The question was in the context of I do now for AT&T. They have a specific switch you can set called 'Enable fax/modem' with no explanation other than it reserves bandwidth. My assumption was that this was actually needed to be set to enable fax but it's somewhat clear that this is not the case, it's more of a convenience in order to help volume fax usage. So - given that, my question was essentially 'How does Vonage do this?' In other words since there is no bandwidth switch, I wanted to ensure that it was possible to use a fax at all, however infrequently. I think we've covered that. I have a splitter already - or, one could have a fax with a phone-out jack and plug another phone, ostensibly a cordless phone, into that. Thanks again. |
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RockyBB
Premium
join:2005-01-31
Castle Rock, CO | Vonage uses a * code, something like *99 at the front end of the call for fax attempts -- all that does (if I remember right) is to take off any compression you might be using and turn off call waiting during the call. |
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habskilla
join:2005-09-19
Moncton, NB
 ·Acanac Inc.
·Vonage
| reply to Mediocrates
quote:
Vonage and casual sex use
sure by all means, go ahead and knock yourself out!!
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ed56
join:2008-01-13
Cincinnati, OH | reply to RockyBB
change the baud to 9600 and also disable error correction. Works great for me and BTW, my vonage adapter is set to maximum compression, no problems, and do not use the *99. |
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