[aklug] Re: Faxing and cell phones

I was tempted a while back to set up something akin to efax for the
local market. I haven't been able to come up with phone numbers/lines at
a price to make it monetarily feasible.

Copper at $25 to $35 per month per line just doesn't cut it.

I can get voip lines at a reasonable price from Clearwire, but not
enough upstream bandwidth to make it practical. At 256K max up, if I
started getting very many faxes to deal with ...

I suspect that with the 8Mb, potential anyway, upload of AT&Ts might put
a small fax service within reach. What would be needed though, is the
availability of a couple dozen(?) incoming phone numbers at a workable
price.

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 08:09 -0800, barsalou wrote:
> Quoting Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>:
>
> <snip>
>
> > 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.
> >
>
> This doesn't seem likely. It certainly isn't a current service that I
> am aware of.
>
> I agree with Jim though, I try to avoid them, but was recently asked
> for my fax number.
>
> I have a unit hooked up to my home phone, but it doesn't quite work
> how I'd like it to work. I can get the fax, but it can be a hassle
> sometimes.
>
> My brothers office phone allows you to press an extra number to send a
> fax, but I'm not quite sure what happens after that.
>
> Mike B.
>
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