Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-16 Thread John Hughes
Benny Amorsen wrote: PvK == Philipp von Klitzing [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PvK Some of the bigger MFC printer/copy/fax combo devices by Brother PvK (and maybe also other vendors?) provide a fax-via-smtp feature PvK and can built fax networks that way. As far as I can tell, the

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-16 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:56:46AM +0200, John Hughes wrote: And why on earth don't all the HP MFC's that have Ethernet and or Wireless and a Fax modem also have T.38 built in? I've got 2 of the damn things and the fax capability is useless to me. For the same reason that fax modems in

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-16 Thread Benny Amorsen
JH == John Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JH And why on earth don't all the HP MFC's that have Ethernet and or JH Wireless and a Fax modem also have T.38 built in? I've got 2 of JH the damn things and the fax capability is useless to me. T.38 would require actual code. T.37 is already

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-14 Thread Steve Underwood
Olivier wrote: I was told yesterday (by Cantata guy) that T.38 demands a good level of QoS. That surprised me a lot as I thought the whole purpose of T.38 was to avoid SIP and ToIP latency. T.37 is the answer to reliability, but most people don't want to use it for totally stupid reasons.

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-14 Thread Ex Vito
Hello all, I'd like to thank everyone's input which I'll sumarize and comment on bellow. As in all complex solutions, there are no quick answers and no 100% correct solutions. There are trade-offs to be made among very different possiblities... Of course, the purpose of my original

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-13 Thread Benny Amorsen
PvK == Philipp von Klitzing [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PvK Some of the bigger MFC printer/copy/fax combo devices by Brother PvK (and maybe also other vendors?) provide a fax-via-smtp feature PvK and can built fax networks that way. As far as I can tell, the Brother boxes require the user to

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-12 Thread Olivier
John, For incoming fax numbers, did you port existing numbers or did you get new numbers from bandwidth.com ? If the later, what if you switch for another provider ? Would you then be able to port the given number to your new provider ? Regards ___

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-12 Thread Andreas van dem Helge
On 10/10/07, Ex Vito [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, I'm evaluating a private telephony scenario of about 20 locations - 300 phones, 50 FAX machines. More than 1 PRI? All other locations, small by themselves, would get SIP phones managed by asterisk, since there is good IP

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-12 Thread Jonn Taylor
Olivier wrote: 2007/10/12, Jonn Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Would you then be able to port the given number to your new provider ? Yes, if you are in the US. Number port ability is one thing that ALL VIOP providers had to provide. Here too

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-12 Thread Olivier
I was told yesterday (by Cantata guy) that T.38 demands a good level of QoS. That surprised me a lot as I thought the whole purpose of T.38 was to avoid SIP and ToIP latency. Another editor (Interstar) told me T.38 passthrough doesn't work. As devil lies in details and I couldn't get any, I'm

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-12 Thread Olivier
2007/10/12, Jonn Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Would you then be able to port the given number to your new provider ? Yes, if you are in the US. Number port ability is one thing that ALL VIOP providers had to provide. Here too (France), number portability is mandatory but in facts, I couldn't

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-12 Thread Jonn Taylor
Olivier wrote: John, For incoming fax numbers, did you port existing numbers or did you get new numbers from bandwidth.com http://bandwidth.com ? Both, we ported numbers and got new one's. If the later, what if you switch for another provider ? I did alot of research before we went with

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-12 Thread Philipp von Klitzing
Hi! 2. On the remaining locations we have a problem which I have been studying and trying to address... Faxing over IP. There might be yet another option for you to consider: Some of the bigger MFC printer/copy/fax combo devices by Brother (and maybe also other vendors?)

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-11 Thread Mojo with Horan Company, LLC
Ex Vito wrote: 2. On the remaining locations we have a problem which I have been studying and trying to address... Faxing over IP. Could the 'remote' locations make do without a fax machine proper? We have sheet-fed pdf scanners here, drop the document in and hit the

Re: [asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-11 Thread Jonn Taylor
Mojo with Horan Company, LLC wrote: Ex Vito wrote: 2. On the remaining locations we have a problem which I have been studying and trying to address... Faxing over IP. Could the 'remote' locations make do without a fax machine proper? We have sheet-fed pdf

[asterisk-users] Distributed FAX - How to best complement asterisk ?

2007-10-10 Thread Ex Vito
Hi list, I'm evaluating a private telephony scenario of about 20 locations - 300 phones, 50 FAX machines. Initial overview points to the installation of asterisk at three locations connected to the PSTN via ISDN PRI. All other locations, small by themselves, would get SIP phones