[Discuss] VoIP residential home telephone service -- OT

[David Bronaugh]

David Bronaugh wrote:
> 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
As an addendum to this, while pretty much all of them will support it, 
you will of course need a voip gateway with a phone jack to get the fax 
machine talking on the voip line.

David