Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Ryan Delgrosso
What are you talking about? Fax is the communication medium of the future, right along with home telepresence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nd1OVYPt80 Get with the times. On 4/28/2017 12:19 PM, Alex Balashov wrote: Indeed. And every time we devise yet another contrived artifice to keep fa

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Alexander Lopez
Black construction paper, wow that brings back memories of when we used to get junk faxes and asked to be removed, we would give them a week or so to comply. If they were abusive and/or flat out ignored our request, we would tape three sheets of black construction paper and put it a loop, dial t

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread John Levine
In article you write: >Fax will not die, at least not anytime soon. Many business processes exist >that count on fax. > >There is a misconception that it is more secure than other document >transmission methods. That's exactly it. I needed to send a scan of a form to a nearby university medi

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Brooks Bridges
VIRUS NOISES! Oh noes! Good thing I have my handy Kaspersky Earplugs right here! Brooks Bridges | Engineering Manager O1 Communications 4359 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 217 El Dorado Hills, California 95762 office: 916.235.2097 | main: 888.444., Option 2 email: bbrid...@o1.com

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Carlos Alvarez
You guys think you're being funny, but look at this... https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xK4i4WKz--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/17tx31s8944x3jpg.jpg On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Alex Balashov wrote: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 08:54:31PM +, Brooks Bridges

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread mgraves
Geek Squad alumni? - Original Message - Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices From: "Alex Balashov" Date: 4/28/17 4:11 pm To: "Brooks Bridges" Cc: "voiceops@voiceops.org" On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 08:54:31PM +, Brooks Bridges wrote: > I hope you got the double platinum

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Alex Balashov
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 08:54:31PM +, Brooks Bridges wrote: > I hope you got the double platinum oxygen free Monster cable from Best > Buy? They send faxes TWICE as fast as normal cables. ☺ But only if you burn them in for 24-36 hours first by continuously faxing sheets of black constructio

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Alex Balashov
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 08:39:06PM +, Alexander Lopez wrote: > Fax will not die, at least not anytime soon. Not as long as the VoIP industry continues to improvise boondoggles—none altogether successful—to jam an uncompromisingly square peg into an unyieldingly round hole. The problem with

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread mgraves
Yeah, losing POE is a PITA. There are POE splitters that break out DC power from the Ethernet drop. These are commonplace in IP surveillance. Some come with multiple coax adapter tips and adjustable DC voltage. I've used these to power a Raspberry Pi from my switch. Michael Graves mgra...@

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Brooks Bridges
I hope you got the double platinum oxygen free Monster cable from Best Buy? They send faxes TWICE as fast as normal cables. ☺ Brooks Bridges | Engineering Manager O1 Communications 4359 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 217 El Dorado Hills, California 95762 office: 916.235.2097 | main: 888.444.,

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Carlos Alvarez
Things I hadn't even thought about in so long... ATAs don't do PoE. Huh. We don't have a single phone cord around here, so to test this ATA, I have to go (gulp) buy a phone cord. Damn. On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Alexander Lopez wrote: > Fax will not die, at least not anytime soon. Man

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Alexander Lopez
Fax will not die, at least not anytime soon. Many business processes exist that count on fax. There is a misconception that it is more secure than other document transmission methods. It is universal in deployment. People are reluctant to give out an email address, and IT is reluctant to issue

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Alex Balashov
Indeed. And every time we devise yet another contrived artifice to keep fax on life support, we are endorsing this stupidity. When my native Soviet Union dissolved, the Western management consultants descended upon our society to tell us that central planning led to profoundly suboptimal misall

Re: [VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

2017-04-28 Thread Carlos Alvarez
This is why we can't have nice things. From a customer: Also - Kathy will often fax client docs to us so we can in turn forward them on to her by email. Time sheets for payroll are faxed to us weekly - certainly every week by group recruiter Jackie. Someone is going to a multi-function machine,