[asterisk-users] T38 Fax Gateway for Asterisk 1.6

[Jonathan Thurman]

On Jun 26, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Tim Nelson <tnelson at rockbochs.com> wrote:

> ----- "David Backeberg" <dbackeberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:31 PM, James Lamanna<jlamanna at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> The use case is that a customer has a fax machine attached to an
>> ATA.
>>> The ATA sends T38 to Asterisk over SIP, then I need to forward that
>> out
>>> the PSTN.
>>
>> Got it. I'm saying why not skip the ATA and asterisk, and plug the
>> fax
>> into the PSTN?
>>
>
> ...
>
> Maybe... just MAYBE... the ATA/Fax will be nowhere near the physical  
> proximity of the PSTN connection? What if the ATA/Fax is going to be  
> at someone's remote cabin that only has internet connectivity and  
> the Asterisk/PSTN is at their office or home?
>
> --Tim
>

Or toll bypass, routing to other internal faxes, you want to assign  
the fax a number out of your DID block...  If you are not a small  
office, there are a lot of reasons to not have a dedicated fax PSTN  
line.

-Jonathan


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