[asterisk-biz] T.38

Mike Hammett asterisk-biz at ics-il.net
Wed Sep 5 14:39:18 CDT 2007


Well, what is out there for alternatives to faxing for a simple customer? 
(I prefer to scan to a PDF and email, but that's all manual and not 
something I'd tell a customer to do instead).


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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Rubenstein" <email at mattruby.com>
To: "Aleks Clark" <aleks.clark at gmail.com>
Cc: "Asterisk -Biz" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] T.38


> Most people in business have already done exactly as you facetiously
> recommend. Fax machines are stuck in the 20th Century, but they're also
> stuck in the 21st Century office for quite a while to come. So, since
> *that's what customers want*, we have to give it to them. Though a POTS
> fax machine which can email the document as an attached image would
> probably sell quite well. Until it does, Asterisk users will have to
> wrestle with literal faxing.
>
>
> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 14:57 -0400, Aleks Clark wrote:
>> Maybe they could use some kind of, I dunno, magical transfer mechanism
>> via some sort of interconnected, tube-like network, some kind of fast
>> postal analog. Of course, I know it's really hard to digitize paper
>> these days, it's not like office copiers have scanners built in or
>> anything! And of course, hardly anyone would have access to this
>> magical tube network, so I guess my way just wouldn't work. Ah well, I
>> guess you guys know best. Let's all go out and buy awesome hardware,
>> so we can use proven, reliable 1980's technologies that have been
>> shotgun-wed to current technology!
>>
>> Aleks
>>
>> On 9/5/07, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
>>         It is probably a large legal document or contract.  How should
>>         they be
>>         doing it?
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>         Steve
>>
>>         Aleks Clark wrote:
>>         > 31 pages? continuously? They're doing it wrong.
>>         >
>>         > On 9/5/07, *Mike Hammett* < asterisk-biz at ics-il.net
>>         > <mailto:asterisk-biz at ics-il.net>> wrote:
>>         >
>>         >     My client has a 31 page fax that they need to
>>         continually send out.
>>         >     Have you sent faxes this large at any frequency?
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >     -----
>>         >     Mike Hammett
>>         >     Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>         >     http://www.ics-il.com
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >         ----- Original Message -----
>>         >         *From:* Jonathan Creasy
>>         <mailto:jcreasy at netlogic.net>
>>         >         *To:* Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
>>         Discussion
>>         >         <mailto:asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>>         >         *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:38 PM
>>         >         *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-biz] T.38
>>         >
>>         >         I have not had any problems with that setup.
>>         >
>>         >         I have used an HP Photosmart C6180, an old Panasonic
>>         and several
>>         >         Brother fax machines that I don't have an exact
>>         model for.
>>         >
>>         >         The T.38 termination was provided by Gafachi.
>>         >
>>         >         -Jonathan
>>         >
>>         >         Mike Hammett wrote:
>>         >>         I've tried the T.38 ATA + fax machine route and it
>>         hasn't
>>         >>         worked out so well.  I've used the 2102 SIP and the
>>         Clarent
>>         >>         CPG-201 MGCP ATAs.  I've used HP OfficeJet 6110 and
>>         a Brother
>>         >>         something fax machine.  Both machines have been
>>         slowed down
>>         >>         and set into compatability modes.
>>         >>
>>         >>         The Linksys never really worked at all, but the CPG
>>         still has
>>         >>         problems every now and then.
>>         >>
>>         >>
>>         >>         -----
>>         >>         Mike Hammett
>>         >>         Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>         >>         http://www.ics-il.com
>>         >>
>>         >>
>>         >>
>>         >>             ----- Original Message -----
>>         >>             *From:* Jonathan Creasy
>>         <mailto:jcreasy at netlogic.net>
>>         >>             *To:* Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
>>         Discussion
>>         >>             <mailto:asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>>         >>             *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:33 AM
>>         >>             *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-biz] T.38
>>         >>
>>         >>             A Linksys SPA2102 (I think that's the correct
>>         model) and a
>>         >>             regular fax machine.
>>         >>
>>         >>             -Jonathan
>>         >>
>>         >>             Mike Hammett wrote:
>>         >>>             Does anyone have recommendations for T.38 fax
>>         machines?
>>         >>>             The ones I've found by Oki and Ricoh were
>>         quite expensive.
>>         >>>
>>         >>>
>>         >>>             ----- 
>>         >>>             Mike Hammett
>>         >>>             Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>         >>>             http://www.ics-il.com
>>         >>>
>>         >>>
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