Can you fax using Vonage?

[aphex]

w/o using vonage's $9.99/mo dedicated fax line?

 

[Goosemaster]

probably

 

[PlatinumGold]

yes, but only with a fax machine. it won't fax using a pc fax/modem. talk to vonage tech support people. they don't care if you use your own fax stuff without paying for their line.

 

[Freejack2]

Wish I knew why the fax machines work but not the fax modems. I just ended up paying for one of those pay per fax internet fax services. I only fax things 1 or 2 times a year so it's cheaper than a fax machine.

 

[spanky]

interesting.... very interesting.... u might have just saved me $10 a month

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Wish I knew why the fax machines work but not the fax modems. I just ended up paying for one of those pay per fax internet fax services. I only fax things 1 or 2 times a year so it's cheaper than a fax machine.

tech support at Vonage says it's because pc fax modems send too fast.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Wish I knew why the fax machines work but not the fax modems. I just ended up paying for one of those pay per fax internet fax services. I only fax things 1 or 2 times a year so it's cheaper than a fax machine.

Source:

"...because the Vonage Adapter can not be used with a PC fax modem. Your PC fax modem is meant to be use only with a regular POTS line. Your Vonage Voice Adapter produces a dial tone, as does your PC fax modem. U can't have two (2) dial tone producing devices working on the same line at the same time."

 

[Freejack2]

blah figures. Wonder if there are settings on my USR that will make it emulate a fax machine and turn off the dial tone production...

Edit: ActuaryTim's link goes to the vonage forums which mention to try *99, when I fax something again in 6 months I'll have to try it.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Even with a regular fax machine, it barely works. I always get errors when sending more than 1 page at a time and even on 1 page faxes, it won't work sometimes. If you fax often enough, it's going to be extremely annoying.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Edit: ActuaryTim's link goes to the vonage forums which mention to try *99, when I fax something again in 6 months I'll have to try it.

Can give out my free eFax number if you wish to try a test fax.

Send a PM if you wish to do so.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Wish I knew why the fax machines work but not the fax modems. I just ended up paying for one of those pay per fax internet fax services. I only fax things 1 or 2 times a year so it's cheaper than a fax machine.

Source:

"...because the Vonage Adapter can not be used with a PC fax modem. Your PC fax modem is meant to be use only with a regular POTS line. Your Vonage Voice Adapter produces a dial tone, as does your PC fax modem. U can't have two (2) dial tone producing devices working on the same line at the same time."

what kind of BS is that? why would a faxmodem be issuing a dial tone?