Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1696 mails)

["Fred A. Miller" <fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Knott wrote:
> Fred A. Miller wrote:
> > ISDN is a circuit-switched telephone network system, it's NOT the same
> > as fiber....doesn't work the same nor use the same protocols. I've
> > talked to engineers at AT&T and Verizon, trying to find a way around the
> > problem, and there isn't one. So, what I do is scan anything that has to
> > be FAXed and file attach it. Actually, it's better because the quality
> > of the image rec'd is, of course, so much better than a FAX.
> >
> >   
>
> One way or another, it has to connect to the existing world wide phone
> system.  The two digital methods a via the TDM hierarchy (ISDN, T1 etc.)
> or voice over IP.  No matter how the connection gets to the home or
> office, one of those two methods is used.  There are many devices
> capable of running FAX over ISDN and you can also get a standard POTS
> phone jack, when using VoIP.  I'd like to know what excuses those
> companies gave.  In my home, I have VoIP, which connect over coax &
> fibre back to the ISP.  The terminal I was provided with supports two
> POTS connections, which you can plug any analog device into.

I WISH!! What I have is coax, as I said....service is Time Warner. I
have 2 phone connections on the back of the modem but a FAX/modem in the
'puter or external won't work....USRobotics REAL modems.

Fred

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