[ale] VOIP and v.90 modems

[James P. Kinney III]

Hi Chris,

The short answer on using a VOIP connection to supply a modem line is:
NO.

The long answer is: VOIP is for voice. If a packet or two arrive late,
so what? They just get ignored and life goes on. Human hearing will work
with these anomalies just fine. Modems don't work like human ears. The
only VOIP company to offer anything that works like a modem is Vonage.
They have a fax line. If what you need will be OK at 9600 or maxed at
14400, then it _might_ work.

Don't hold your breath on it though. Vonage techs will say they don't
support modem traffic over the fax lines.

You may need to look at a fractional T1 and a T1 card.

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 16:45 -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 09:37 -0500, Mailing Lists wrote:
> > From what I've read I think if you can even get a modem to work with
> > a 
> > voip connection, it will only be around 9600 baud or so.
> 
> The problem I'm having is the fact that the support people at these VOIP
> companies do not know what a modem is.  Or what an analog modem is.
> They know  what a DSL modem is and a cable modem.  But not an old school
> analog modem.
> 
> 
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