[ale] OT analog fax on comcast digital

[Sid Lane]

I always though the issue was circuit switch (effectively synchronous) vs
packet switch (most assuredly asynchronous).  think of a fax machine as a
telegraph operator who expects a precise cadenc - 1-0-0-1-1-1-0-1-0 is
logically the same as 1... 001-1-10...1.....0 but to a crotchedy old Western
Union guy getting the latter over IM instead of a dedicated wire is
confusing...

2008/8/11 Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>

> fax on a digital VOIP line is usually unreliable. Out-of-sequence voice
> packets are OK (and common) but that won't fly with fax transmissions. It
> _might_ work so just plug it into the "home phone" side of the access box
> and test it out.
>
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