From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ProvoCityPower Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)
> The question asked here, "why on earth you want to push fax data > over a VoIP link at all. Fax compression isn't very efficient." may > speak volumes about the future role of VOIP. My plans are to role > out a VOIP connection to thousands of Customers. Many have legacy > fax equipment. Am I to assume that they will toss out their fax > equipment and join the PC based faxing crowd? I don't think I can > control this. If I am going to offer an aternative to the legacy > wire providers then I have to offer a comparable service. One that > for example allows a customer to use a legacy fax machine in the > same way. > > If this thought sidetracks the intent of this thread, you have my > apologies, but I do think that legacy fax functionality is > essential. > > Jeff I think what you're talking about here is an absolute necessity if VOIP is ever to compete for traditional analog service. A lot of users will not want to change their ways. As stupid as I think FAXing and FAX machines are there are still millions of people who prefer to send and recive a skewed low resolution fax on thermal paper than the transmit and receive them over a computer. Even though, I think FAXing is as ancient as sending a letter through the mail it needs to be supported however the end user wishes to use it. With that being said, I think it simply comes down to the codecs being used. I seem to recall that alaw and ulaw were acceptable codecs, though I know nothing about this first hand. The other option is some sort of FAX proxy, though that seems a little too complicated if you ask me. -Bill _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users