Maxemail.com is out there too. $14.95/yr if you don't care about the number, or $6/month if you do. Not a bad deal for the service. Outbound is still the most difficult, but there are print->fax drivers out there. Packetel has (or used to have) a $4/month option as well, iirc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Eissler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 8:58 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] soho fax suggestions? > > > > On Feb 13, 2005, at 4:43 PM, John Novack wrote: > > > I use JFAX which I think is also known as Efax. > > If you are open to a new fax number anywhere else in the > US from your > > home Zip code, then it is free. > > Otherwise there is a quarterly fee. > > AFAIK, you can't� port an existing number to them, but I > could be off > > on that. http://www.j2.com/jconnect/twa/page/servicesOverview > > I have a free eFax number that I've maintained for testing...although > I'm unable to fax to it via Sixtel (you begin to hear a carrier but > within 1/2 a second it's cut off). So much for testing. > > I have also used a Broadvox residential account for inbound faxing > (they include fax-to-email as part of their feature set). But I think > they may have broken this feature recently when they switched > to a new > VM system. > > While you might not be able to port a phone number to eFax, there's > nothing stopping you from forwarding a number to eFax. > > But like I said, I've found outbound fax to be more of a problem than > inbound. While the latter has worked well for me with Vonage and > Voicepulse, the bigger problem is the former (outbound) as it's only > ever worked reliably for me with a plain residential single-line > account that I've had since May 2003. With Broadvox faxing was > completely unreliable and often didn't work EVEN THOUGH they > have T.38 > support. Here's what I learned though: just because your CPE supports > T.38 and your provider's gateway supports T.38, that doesn't > mean that > the carrier sitting in between supports T.38. Level 3, for instance, > doesn't support T.38 at the moment (at least, not in all markets). So > IMHO, T.38 ain't gonna do anyone any good until it's > implemented across > the board and who the heck knows when that might happen. > > While eFax, and similar services, are some sort of a solution to at > least half the problem, I just think using these services is > a kludge. > The beauty of fax is: stick a document in at one end, dial a number, > and the document spits out at the other end. No clumsy scanning and > emailing involved. And while some folks think Fax is dying, I just > don't agree. I think the technology needs to be rebuilt for IP, but I > don't think the concept is going to go away anytime soon. > > -mark > > -- > Mark Eissler, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mixtur Interactive, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mixtur.com > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/aster> isk-users > To > UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
