Re: Question.

Let me clear that up a little bit. DSL doesn't change the phone lines in any
way. They've always had the capability to transmit digital and analog ever
since they went to the fiber optic cables. Anyway, they just (in lay terms)
flip a switch at the office and you have DSL.

What the DSL provider does is send you filters that you hook to every one of
your jacks and these filters have dual lines. One is for phone/fax and the
other is for going to your modem. In essence it's like a splitter so there's
no interference. I have a jack right behind my desk. The filter comes out of
it. Then I have my fax machine hooked to the phone side of the filter and
the other goes directly to my modem.

Dani

"DJGordon" <danigordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:j1Dwf.109724$k76.51540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I fax through the same line that's hooked directly to my DSL modem.
>
> Dani
>
> "Anne Carle" <acarle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:0bs5s194j54737ds4777lv5bleic9lf5fs@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Good idea, Romy, but I'm not here during the day to screen faxes.
>>
>> Maybe you can help me here, and if not, anyone else...If I drop cable
>> for my Internet provider and opt for DSL, can I still fax on that line
>> (the new DSL line, that is)? I vaguely remember reading something
>> about that not working...
>>
>> Anne/OH
>>
>> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:30:43 -0600, Romy <Romy.21dtxc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Anne, I did the exact same thing as you described, losing a business
>>>phone line in the process and enjoying the savings from that. It felt
>>>great though, to have it all work properly, including the caller ID,
>>>answering machine, distictive ring on the fax, all on one personal
>>>line. Ahhh sweet success. One wonderful thing is I have, for free,
>>>caller ID on the fax. You can tell the junk faxes right away if you
>>>bother to check them. I turn off my power on the fax when I see one
>>>coming my way which these days is very rare.
>>>
>>>Anne Carle Wrote:
>>>> And then there's the very obvious, too--the machine has to be set to
>>>> "auto answer" for it to discern a voice call from a fax.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be embarrassed to tell how long it took to get it set up right...
>>>>
>>>> Anne/OH
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 13:57:40 -0600, bsptss <bsptss.21c257@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> [color=blue]
>>>> >
>
>


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