how i can send and recive Faxes

i am using ( DSL ) i want to know how i can send and rcive Faxes through my
( DSL )
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scor_2001

I would also like to know if there ia a way to send and receive faxes
over a cable connection. or will I have to install a standard fax modem
and use a phone line?

scor_2001 wrote:
i am using ( DSL ) i want to know how i can send and rcive Faxes through my
( DSL )

notso slim wrote:
I would also like to know if there ia a way to send and receive faxes
over a cable connection. or will I have to install a standard fax modem
and use a phone line?

scor_2001 wrote:
i am using ( DSL ) i want to know how i can send and rcive Faxes
through my ( DSL )


Faxes can ONLY be sent over a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) analog
line. The kind with the dial tone.

Thus -- you can't use a "cable connection."

Thus -- if you have DSL on a shared telephone line that also has regular
POTS (and therefore has filters for EACH of the telephone-type devices,
you can connect your analog fax modem to the line in the same way you
connect your telephone and/or answering machine.

Exceptions (there are always exceptions).

There are services (mostly for $$, maybe one for free, but I don't
recall its name) that essentially convert e-mail into a fax and thus
enable you to send a message TO a fax machine. They also work the other
way, i.e., receive a fax and send it to you as an e-mail. For example
http://www.efax.com/en/efax/twa/page...?CMP=OTC-us_ma

With the advent of VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) services like
Skype and Vonage, there has been some discussion about whether one can
use VoIP to transmit/receive faxes. Initially, that did not seem to be
an option, but I seem to recall some who claimed to make it work.
Google is your friend: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=voip+fax

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