[ale] VOIP and v.90 modems

[Bob Toxen]

I assume that your Colo system needs to dial OUT.  I discovered by accident
that if you have no long distance, people still can dial in to you.

Have you considered setting up a VPN between the Colo box and a system
in your office and then have the analog phone lines and modems in your
office?  Depending on what software you have, this may be an easy and
cheap solution.  There are a variety of ways to do this.

Bob Toxen
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On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 08:37:56PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> > 
> > The short answer on using a VOIP connection to supply a modem line is:
> > NO.

> Personal experience says it works.  I've been using my voip for both 
> sending and receiving faxes.  Works fine.  Now, I'm cautious not to 
> attempt a fax while running a bittorrent or some such...

> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey