In article <4355f09e$0$30055$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> , "Michael C"
<nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> I've bought a voip adaptor which I'm just setting it up with my standard
> telephone. It can handle 2 lines at once so I was thinking of using the
> second line for sending and receiving faxes. I spoke to the voip provider
> and they said it's possible to run the second line to a fax modem and
> receive faxes that way. But it seems a bit hacky to have the fax come in
> through my cable modem then goto the voip box and then through an analog
> signal back to my computer. Shouldn't it be possible that the voip provider
> receives the fax and sends it on to me directly through the cable?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael

There are companies offering fax-email gateways. This one is
an example, the first one found in a search. This one offers your
guests a toll free number when they send a fax to you. At your
end, the faxes end up in an email box. An added benefit of a
virtual fax, is you could receive two faxes at the same time.

http://www.myfax.com/index.asp?sblid=index2

Paul