You guys should read this page: http://www.savetz.com/fax/
The first one under the "free" services is the one I was thinking of. TPC.INT In basic terms it is reasonably trivial to take a fax file (which is a close relative of .tiff or tagged image file format) and route it around the net. It is also relatively trivial to turn any image into a fax file. This is usually done via a printer driver - almost every program can print, so therefore can turn what it normally prints on paper into a fax format via the right printer driver. Thats the sort of thing TPC.INT was doing - you give them something to send and an international fax number. From the fax number they figure the station running the service nearest the destination, and then route the file to that station. The station then sends it via a fax modem at local call rates. It really is only useful if the recipient doesn't have email, otherwise it is frankly easier to turn the output into a pdf and email it straight to them. Its certainly easier to find than a scrappy piece of thermal paper... Hmmm I see there is no TPC.INT coverage in ChCh - anyone want to set one up??? (You'd want a non-business line so you didn't pay 3c per minute for the fax calls) On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 20:31 +1200, Rob Wood wrote: > Robert > Well that is very interesting and maybe it won't be too long before a > similar thing arrives here. My high school German of (40ish years) is a > little rusty but I might get away with it in the meantime, now let me see: > > "Ich bin Englander aber Ich wohne hier auf New Zealand. Zwei bieren bitte" > > Ok Maybe not. > > Woodsey > > Robert Himmelmann wrote: > > >> Volker > >> > > There are also some e-mail-provider that provide a telephone number > > under which you can receive faxes. Normally you can also send faxes, but > > only simple text. When a fax arrives you get a mail with a tiff-photo. > > Two of my six e-mail-providers have this feature. Unforunatly both are > > German and if I am right require you to live in Germany, Austria or > > Switzerland to use their service. Their URLs are www.arcor.de and > > www.web.de for those who speak German. > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
