e-fax | Fax With VoIP | Steadfast Telecommunications https://www.steadfasttelecom.com/tag/e-fax/ New Yorks white glove business phone systems provider. Mon, 22 May 2023 23:56:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.steadfasttelecom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/favicon.png e-fax | Fax With VoIP | Steadfast Telecommunications https://www.steadfasttelecom.com/tag/e-fax/ 32 32 Can I Fax Over VoIP Using My Fax Machine? https://www.steadfasttelecom.com/can-i-fax-over-voip/ https://www.steadfasttelecom.com/can-i-fax-over-voip/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:07:03 +0000 https://steadfasttelecom.com/blog/?p=147 The Answer to sending and receiving a fax over VoIP and 3 Alternatives We’ve been receiving a number of questions about sending and receiving a fax over VoIP (Voice Over IP) lately using a normal fax machine.  IT IS possible to do, but it’s not quite as simple as plugging the machine into a phone jack.  However, don’t worry, it’s not complicated either.  YES! The fax machine still has a place in our business world, so I’ll tell you how you can keep using yours, and I’ll also tell you about some alternatives that may pleasantly surprise you. Brief History: The first commercial fax machines began to appear during the 1960s.  At the time, you could transmit one page every 6 minutes.  Slow by our modern standards, but still faster than mailing a letter or sending out a carrier.  In the late 1970s, and 1980s, the fax machine really went “viral”; unlike disco, they haven’t disappeared completely.  On youtube, there’s a really great episode of an early 1990s show called The Secret Life of Machines on the fax machine. It’s about 25 minutes in length, but I think, well worth the time! Why can’t I just plug my fax machine into my VoIP system to send a fax over VoIP? Traditional fax machines utilize a protocol known as T.30, which is designed for analog phone networks. To fax over VoIP using a fax machine, a protocol known as T.38 must be used. A VoIP network is brilliantly optimized for voice communications, but not for fax. In a simplified explanation, VoIP works like this; 1) Your voice is encoded into a digital signal. 2) The digital signal is chopped up into “packets”, which are chunks of compressed […]

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