[asterisk-biz] New faxing protocol. Good/Bad ?

[Trixter aka Bret McDanel]

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 10:28 -0700, Senad Jordanovic wrote:
> Dovid Bender wrote:
> > 
> > Hi List,
> > I was thinking the other day that even with T.38 there are still some 
> > issues with faxing. I was thinking of a protocol that instead of just 
> > sending down the fax tones an ATA or "VOIP fax machine" would get the 
> > entire fax convert it into some sort of image and pass it down the line 
> > to the receiving end. I got the idea from RFC2833. Yes I know that fax 
> > machines send bit by bit and get a conformation on it but maybe this 
> > would work a bit better. Send the entire "image" over and then get a 
> > response when it is done. This way if there is issues along the way the 
> > packets can be re-sent with out any issue.
> >  
> > Dovid
> > (Cross posted to Biz for those that aren't on the users list - I want 
> > their onion too ;) ).
> > 
> 
> Hi
> 
> For those interested in above, PBXware had it implemented 2 years ago.


really?  that is amazing that they implemented a not yet designed
protocol 2 years ago.  

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