[Discuss] VoIP residential home telephone service -- OT

[David Bronaugh]

Murray Strome wrote:
> Peter Scott wrote:
>>
>>>                          I want my fax machine to work
>>
>> At an additional charge, of course, but FYI I have been using J2 for 
>> fax for many years without complaint.  They are a tad expensive 
>> ($165/year for premium, I think they have cheaper options), but you 
>> also get voicemail and outbound fax and some other features I don't 
>> use like conference calling.  Faxes and voicemail arrive as email 
>> attachments.  You can get a number in the 250 area code or any other, 
>> but you don't get any finer granularity choice.  Never have to worry 
>> about the machine not working, being out of paper or toner, power 
>> being out, etc...
>>
>> I find the voicemail attractive as I give the J2 number to any 
>> business that insists on a phone number where I think they might make 
>> cold calls.  Cold callers almost never leave messages so it is an 
>> effective gatekeeper.
> I probably use my fax machine less than 10 times per year, so anything 
> like J2 is definitely not worth it! I used to have various computer 
> fax/voicemail packages when they were free many years ago, but they 
> weren't all that convenient for my limited residential use. Plus, my 
> wife would not want to have to use the computer to access any of this! 
> (E.G. she wouldn't like Skype).
>
> Murray
Almost all voip providers will support fax at 9600 baud.

David