[ale] Hylafax and Vonage

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Thu Jan 20 10:33:37 EST 2005


Steven A. DuChene wrote:
> OK, I have been thinking about this today and I am just confused.
> Vonage is by definition a VOIP phone service with zero depeandancy
> on a physical POTS line. Faxing & Hylafax are by definition services
> that deal with faxes occuring across a actual hardwired POTS line
> and a regular dial-up modem. Now once the system running Hylafax
> picks up the modem line and accepts the fax there may be some IP
> traffic but other than that I am just puzzled how a VOIP service could
> be affecting or even interacting with a fax modem that should unless
> I am misunderstanding things be connected to a POTS line.

I simply have my voice line from my vonage box going to my modem and a 
phone hanging off the modem.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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