On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:54:40 -0500, "Alan Spicer"
<aspicer@marinetelecom.net> wrote in
<Emxhj.45441$Mu4.34843@bignews7.bellsouth.net>:

>* Cingular has been AT&T for a little while now. Although sometimes we still
>refer to it as Cingular. I still write AT&T/Cingular in emails at times...

True, and as soon as I get some free time (hah!), I'm going to overhaul
the FAQ Wiki accordingly.

>So, John, what do you know about T.38 Fax Over IP? Some newer cellular gear
>is supporting it. And supposedly it's a pretty burned in standard now. What
>do you know about AT&T/Cingular supporting that protocol on their GSM/UMTS
>network?

I haven't heard of any plans by AT&T/Cingular to support it.

>I've worked with marine vessels for more than a few years now, so I deal a
>lot with what would be lumped into a "Mobile Platform". More accurately
>probably a "Mobile Office". The whole network gets connected to cellular (or
>whatever is available). Voice gets jacked into the PBX. And fax is one
>thing they would like to be able to do over mobile networks. CSD and WFAX
>being killed by Cingular is old news to me because I lived through it and
>had to hear customers crying because it stopped working. We added Verizon to
>some such mobile platforms and Fax was sort of working over that still, at
>least the last time I tested which may be going back a few months or more.

I personally use Internet fax services like eFax and FAX1, which work so
well for me that I'm not terribly interested in native fax with a mobile
device.

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>