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Re: Sharing One Line for Fax and Voice?

Carl Navarro (cnavarro@wcnet.org)
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:44:26 -0400

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:15:57 +0200, John Doe <john.doe@acme.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 12:38:16 +0300, henry999@eircom.net (Henry) wrote:

>> And to respond to DLR's concern about the line getting 'answered by
>> the wrong machine', the point is that the _box_ answers the call and
>> routes it appropriately. 'Distinctive ringing' from the telephone
>> company isn't required at all.

> Sorry for jumping in, but how do those boxes work? Does the box pick
> up the line, waits for a few seconds, and ...

> - if it gets a FAX tone, it will direct the call to the fax plug
> - if it gets nothing, it will forward it to the phone plug?

Yes.

> But if it's a voice call, will users just get silence for several
> seconds, or does the box simultaneously listens to the incoming call
> to tell if it's fax or voice, and also play a ring tone so, in case
> it's a human calling, the caller thinks the phone is still ringing?

Yes.

Probably one of the most industry standard boxes over here is the
Command CS-5500. It runs about $55.00. Oh, check this out; I
can't do that on my laptop :-)

Here's the link to the command comm website operating instructions for
the CS550:

http://www.commandcommunications.com/technicalsupport_3.html

Carl Navarro

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