On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:07:45 -0500, Deborah Weiner <debw@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>I'm looking for information on sending faxes on a small scale over IP.
>(FOIP). In particular I'd like to make use of one of my many SIP
>accounts to transmit the fax information. I know they need special
>codecs and I'll figure out which of my SIP accounts support the
>appropriate fax codecs once I have a server I want to use.
>
>What I need help finding is a FOIP server that can interface with a
>SIP/VOIP connection. When I google for servers, I either come up with
>expensive professional software meant for large businesses, or links
>to the free fax service providers. Neither of those is good for me.
>
>I'm looking for a solution that a single person can use on either
>Linux (Fedora 13) or Windows (Windows 7). I don't mind paying for the
>software, but $1000+ commercial options are obviously not within my
>budget.
I suspect you may find the range of options to be quite limited.
The problem is that fax usage, having peaked around 20 years ago, has
been in gradual decline ever since. It was already well into its
downturn long before VoIP appeared, so a developer would have been
reluctant to invest in a low-cost product and launch it into a
declining market with a limited lifespan.
Emailing scanned attachments has replaced fax for many people because
its cheaper to send, more reliable, and gives a better quality output,
especially if detailed colour documents are involved.
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:07:32 -0500, Deborah Weiner <debw@gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:55:50 +0800, Chris Blunt <mail@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:07:45 -0500, Deborah Weiner <debw@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I'm looking for information on sending faxes on a small scale over IP.
>>>(FOIP). In particular I'd like to make use of one of my many SIP
>>>accounts to transmit the fax information. I know they need special
>>>codecs and I'll figure out which of my SIP accounts support the
>>>appropriate fax codecs once I have a server I want to use.
>>>
>>>What I need help finding is a FOIP server that can interface with a
>>>SIP/VOIP connection. When I google for servers, I either come up with
>>>expensive professional software meant for large businesses, or links
>>>to the free fax service providers. Neither of those is good for me.
>
>>I suspect you may find the range of options to be quite limited.
>>
>>Emailing scanned attachments has replaced fax for many people because
>>its cheaper to send, more reliable, and gives a better quality output,
>>especially if detailed colour documents are involved.
>>
>>Chris
>
>I realize faxing is archaic at this point, however many government
>agencies refuse to accept emails.
>
>Does anyone know of a solution that would allow me to fax over a
>SIP/VOIP line?
I know this still isn't exactly what you're asking for, but there are
services such as:
"Chris Blunt" <mail@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:07:32 -0500, Deborah Weiner
> <debw@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:55:50 +0800, Chris Blunt
>><mail@nospam.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:07:45 -0500, Deborah Weiner
>>><debw@gmail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I'm looking for information on sending faxes on a small scale
>>>>over IP.
>>>>(FOIP). In particular I'd like to make use of one of my many
>>>>SIP
>>>>accounts to transmit the fax information. I know they need
>>>>special
>>>>codecs and I'll figure out which of my SIP accounts support
>>>>the
>>>>appropriate fax codecs once I have a server I want to use.
>>>>
>>>>What I need help finding is a FOIP server that can interface
>>>>with a
>>>>SIP/VOIP connection. When I google for servers, I either come
>>>>up with
>>>>expensive professional software meant for large businesses,
>>>>or links
>>>>to the free fax service providers. Neither of those is good
>>>>for me.
>>
>>>I suspect you may find the range of options to be quite
>>>limited.
>>>
>>>Emailing scanned attachments has replaced fax for many people
>>>because
>>>its cheaper to send, more reliable, and gives a better quality
>>>output,
>>>especially if detailed colour documents are involved.
>>>
>>>Chris
>>
>>I realize faxing is archaic at this point, however many
>>government
>>agencies refuse to accept emails.
>>
>>Does anyone know of a solution that would allow me to fax over
>>a
>>SIP/VOIP line?
>
> I know this still isn't exactly what you're asking for, but
> there are
> services such as:
>
> http://www.faxaway.com/
>
> and
>
> http://www.efax.com/
>
> which allow you to send faxes from a computer.
>
> Chris
>
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