[aklug] Re: Faxing and cell phones

Nope, they could use the same hokey switch that Emerson and others
used to put your fax on your voice line...

On Aug 20, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com> wrote:

> Since fax.com will never know how to associate all inbound fax numbers
> based in the callers identification it can't simply use one 800 number
> for all or even a small group of fax clients. eg. If I wanted to fax
> an invoice to two different fax.com users, one user would get both.
>
> I'm not sure on the cost, but it is rather washish.. I'm in the
> business of making pennies lately.
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Marc Grober<marc@interak.com> wrote:
>> That is the only real issue (no local numbers) but if you have to
>> gave
>> fax the cost when you figure paper, equipment, DIDs, etc I would
>> guess
>> it would be pretty much a wash and your clients can walk the paper in
>> to you if $5 is a deal breaker. ;=}. I think 800 numbers have
>> essentially run out so they are at a premium...... Fifteen years ago
>> the service would have included a free 800 number, no extra fee.
>> Vsifax allowed you to route based on # and I suppose outfits like fax.com
>> could give everyone same 800 number but why bother if they are
>> making money as it is?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Personally, I avoid faxes whenever possible. You just can't do Real
>>> Estate without one though. At least, not yet. You start dealing with
>>> these corporations and they still demand you send and receive faxes.
>>>
>>> The only reason I haven't set up with a fax service is that I can't
>>> get
>>> an Alaska phone # on any of then yet. At least not the last time I
>>> checked.
>>>
>>> At typical faxed Real Estate contract tends to run 18 pages. I don't
>>> think its fair to ask people to send that many pages a couple of
>>> times
>>> per deal long distance. Last time I ran the numbers, the best I
>>> could
>>> come up with long distance was just over $ 0.25 /page plus a monthly
>>> fee.
>>>
>>> I don't suppose AT&T will give people some voip #'s to go along with
>>> their wireless internet service? Ala - Clearwire. With that
>>> combination,
>>> I'd be tempted to set up my own fax server.
>>>
>>> Clearwire, with their voip service, gives you a Linksys 2102 FXS. Or
>>> was
>>> it FXO? I'm always getting them mixed up.
>>>
>>> At any rate, the 2102 is advertised as being able to handle fax
>>> protocols, but I haven't gotten around to trying mine for that as
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> Jim G
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 14:36 -0800, barsalou wrote:
>>>> Are any of you using faxing services because all you have is a cell
>>>> phone?
>>>>
>>>> If not, what other solutions are folks using when you want to
>>>> receive
>>>> or send a fax?
>>>>
>>>> Mike B.
>>>>
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