Vonage and casual fax use in Vonage http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20604494 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:42:55 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:42:55 EDT Re: Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730356 ed56 : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730356 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:43:53 EDT Re: Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20634434 habskilla :
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Vonage and casual sex use


sure by all means, go ahead and knock yourself out!!

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GO LEAFS GO (all the way to the golf course)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20634434 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:04:13 EDT Re: Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632017 RockyBB : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632017 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:38:34 EDT Re: Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20629553 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20629553 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:50:02 EDT Re: Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20629167 radam : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20629167 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:38:43 EDT Re: Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20629042 Enlightener : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20629042 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:08:35 EDT Re: Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20616060 mahermusic : 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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Don't blame me... I voted for KERRY.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20616060 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:19:51 EDT Re: Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20604623 trekologer : Yes, you can do that. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20604623 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:40:41 EDT Vonage and casual fax use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20604494 Mediocrates : 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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20604494 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:11:29 EDT