Mediocrates
join:2008-05-27
Raleigh, NC
 ·Vonage
·AT&T CallVantage
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Re: Vonage and casual fax use
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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ed56
join:2008-01-13
Cincinnati, OH | 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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