[asterisk-biz] Foip solution

[Alex Balashov]

On 03/30/2010 11:25 PM, James Sharp wrote:
> Alex Balashov wrote:
>> On 03/29/2010 02:10 PM, James Sharp wrote:
>>
>>> Alex Balashov wrote:
>>>> Which doesn't work if the fax machines don't properly detect the max
>>>> rate on the other end, which a great many of the all-in-one copier
>>>> +scanner+fax appliances won't.  Sometimes limiting the rate won't work
>>>> period depending on what the TDM side is.  Basically, it's all a
>>>> pointless waste of time;  just go TDM.
>>> Well, yes, TDM is always the best way.  But when at least two of your
>>> customers are ocean going vessels, you eventually run out of cable to
>>> run the TDM channels across :).
>>
>> I suspect that the latency involved in satellite IP connections creates
>> a whole additional level of problem with fax.
>
> It all worked very well. 15-20 page faxes between one ship and her home
> base in Philadelphia were common.  Regular phone service was a snap, and
> the customers who paid for the level of service could get an 8mb/1mb
> connection and fully saturate it.
>
> Not to blow my own horn, but when I build a network, I don't mess around
> :).  Okay, I did blow my own horn.

Interesting.  I'd be curious to know how much that kind of access costs 
at sea.

-- 
Alex Balashov - Principal
Evariste Systems LLC

Tel    : +1 678-954-0670
Direct : +1 678-954-0671
Web    : http://www.evaristesys.com/