Just out of curiosity, why not? If I can use an old school voice phone to send regular voice data down a DSL line using a filter, why can I not send a fax? After all it is just the same as a voice phone call. All the fax or modem does is push the data across in a standard set of audible tones, no different then a voice call. The only thing I can see is if they compressed the voice channel so much that the tones can not be correctly received, but then you should notice a difference in the voice quality to right? I remember really old school modems and fax machines that did not even plug into the wall, they just had a mike and speaker you set your phone hand set on. I can send faxes with my Cox digital phone at home and at work I have old school faxes going through an IP based PBX and over a T1, I would think you could send one over DSL but never had a chance to try it. I would love to know what is going on that would prevent it. (And this is the place with people in the know ;) -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Jon M. Hanson Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:58 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: How to send a fax via DSL? You have to send a fax via a voice phone line and modem. You cannot send a fax via DSL unless you use one of those Internet fax gateways but those can be used by any Internet connection not just DSL. ------- Original Message ------- From: "Josef Lowder" To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Sent: 03/16/07, 01:21:11 PM Subject: How to send a fax via DSL? . When I had a dial-up modem rather than a dsl connection, I was able to send faxes from the command line via modem using a program called 'efax'. But now that I am connected via DSL, I wonder how I can send a fax, since there is no dial tone? What is the solution? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss