Why not move to an IAXmodem + hylafax & asterisk model, it works very
well. 


On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 16:16 -0400, David Steele wrote:
> Just following up on this - I can confirm Drew's information about the
> unreliability of faxing through an Asterisk box.
> 
> It seems that anything above 7 or so pages will have problems.  I had
> someone I know run some tests in a clean environment - no luck sending
> anything above 10 pages in one try.  This is using G711u with a quiet
> network.  It just doesn't work. 
> 
> Not nice, but good to know.
> 
> Regards,
> Dave.
> 
> On 4/13/07, Drew Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>         There is a current thread on asterisk-users "Fax Blast over
>         IP?" that may be of interest. 
>         Quote :- 
>         "Fax over G711u works.. but it's touchy... when our customers
>         ask us if we support it we say yes and no.. and then explain
>         that they can use it.. and fax away all they want, but if they
>         have issues we don't support it. "
>         http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/
>         
>         The conclusion seemed to be that it will generally work fax
>         m/c --> ATA --> Asterisk --> PSTN but only if you use the
>         G711u codec. You need a good network path (LAN with no
>         congestion). 
>         
>         Lifetime Guarantee ;- When it breaks, it's end-of-life.
>         
>         regards,
>         
>         Drew
>         
>         
>         
>         Phil Oxrud wrote: 
>         > If one does decide to go with an ATA, does anyone have any
>         > suggestions about which ATA works best with faxing? 
>         > 
>         > On 4/12/07, Simon P. Ditner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
>         >         I think the general consensus at last month's
>         >         meeting was that the 
>         >         DSP's in ATA's tend not to be of the highest
>         >         quality, and while fine
>         >         for voice, don't do the best job of digitizing fax
>         >         signals.
>         >         
>         >         On 4/12/07, David Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
>         >         wrote:
>         >         > Hi,
>         >         >
>         >         > I've previously steered clear of trying to fax
>         >         through an Asterisk box, but
>         >         > does anyone here do it?
>         >         >
>         >         > I'm looking for reasons for or against using an
>         >         ATA to plug a fax machine 
>         >         > into.  I'm not interested in using Asterisk to
>         >         answer and email faxes - I
>         >         > just want the ability to use a fax machine on a
>         >         PRI that is plugged into an
>         >         > Asterisk box.
>         >         >
>         >         > I imagine reliability is the issue, but how big an
>         >         issue is it? 
>         >         >
>         >         > Thanks,
>         >         > Dave.
>         >         >
>         >         
>         >         
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