On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 14:21, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 17 Jul 2003 4:38 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > > On Thursday 17 Jul 2003 10:15 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > I use a service like this provided by my isp - I > > > was thinking more of a native app, something like winfax for both > > > sending and receiving, but running over adsl. > > > > You certainly wont get that, probably ever. At some point the fax > > has to hit the phone lines and there is no linkage between the > > Internet and the phone lines, even using ADSL. Add to that the fact > > that phone companies tend to charge money to make calls and you > > have to have a company with an accounting procedure in place. > > Nobody is going to offer outgoing faxes for free. A few of those > > links did offer incoming faxes free, but you still need to set up > > an account so they know where to send them. > > That certainly seems to be the position, but I question whether it's > really impossible. After all, a fax is only a bit stream (isn't > it?), so could be transmitted just like any other bit stream. The > problem is in the telephone number that the fax is sent to. Perhaps > the solution would be to map a telephone number to an ip address? If > my isp can offer it as a free service even on pay-as-you-go accounts > it can't be a costly business. > > Just thinking - but for a project for someone to tackle, I reckon > there's a big demand. My grandfather used to say that only two > things are impossible - to whilstle and laugh at the same time, and > to play a fiddle with boxing gloves on. > > Anne > your father ever manage to kiss the outside of his elbow? <g>
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