Charles Dyer spake on Saturday 28-Apr-2012@14:38:37
> 
> On 28 Apr 2012, at 10:03 , "Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [E]" 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Charles,
>> 
>> Thanks for confirming.  I was afraid it was gone, but I thought it was worth 
>> asking.
>> 
>> Was there some big overhead to continue supporting their own modem?
> 
> No idea. However, it's possible that Apple merely thinks that faxing is an 
> outmoded technology which no-one cares about. Note that the print option 
> under System Preferences is no longer Print & Fax, but is rather Print & Scan 
> instead. I suspect that they simply don't care.

And I agree. After 166 years, it's time for this technology to die. There is 
absolutely no need for it anymore.

>> I sure don't get a lot of faxes these days, but it seemed nice to have the 
>> capability of sending or receiving if necessary.
> 
> I fax using my Brother MFD. That works.

The last time I needed to fax I did it via the Internet. My printer DOES 
support faxing, but I don't have a landline, so not so useful. If people say 
they want a fax now a days I laugh at them and say, "No, seriously." Even the 
banks, Mortgage lenders, and doctor's seem to have figured out that a 
significant percentage of their customer have no way to fax anything.

I have friends who have not had land lines since they moved out of their 
parents houses 10 years ago, and you can't fax from a mobile phone (or from 
Vonage either).

-- 
'Dojo! What is Rule One?' Even the cowering challenger mumbled along to
the chorus: 'Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald
wrinkly smiling men!'

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