RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

[John Breeden]

It's just my lowly opinion but I too must agree when it comes to the consumer/soho (1 to 3 line) markets.    CAUTION!!, DANGER!! Marketing Hat On!!   Vonage, the most "visible" marketer of a voip consumer product must also agree. Vontage offers an ip "fax line". using cisco's ata. Vontage must see some good reason for doing so. (I assume it's h.323). A&T, MCI and Time Warner will be competing directly against Vonage when they introduce their consumer voip products. I'd bet they too will be offering an ip fax line.   Odds are you will be competing against them too. If I was vonage I'd be telling the world how important a ip fax line was :-)   Second, the residential/soho market almost demands replacement of analog with voip. It's almost impossible to justify the roi unless you do.   Marketing Hat Off   John Breeden Hawaii   I'm fairly new here and don't mean to be contentious. We all have different perspectives as to what VOIP should be. My goal is to replace analog lines, not supplement them. I'm talking residential installations. I don't think I can ask these folks to leave their fax on an anolog line? I think that if we start deciding things for the Customer, then VOIP will be seen as an elitist toy for digitally inclined, instead of an acceptable alternative for the masses. No offense to the anti-fax coalition. Jeff