[VoiceOps] Fax ATAs/devices

[Carlos Alvarez]

Yes, there are boxes that store and forward the fax.  They "answer" the
call from the machine and accept the fax.  Then they use HTTP(S) to deliver
the image to a server, where it is then again sent as a fax to the
endpoint.  Which in many cases converts it back to an image, and e-mails it
to someone.

If this all sounds completely retarded since it's really just scanning and
e-mailing, you are correct.  But people are stupid.


On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>
wrote:

> The interfaces for delivering fax that I know about are:
>
> 1. Modem tones embedded in acoustic/bearer path;
>
> 2. T.38 (to gateway with TDM or analog PSTN trunks).
>
> Is there another method I don't know about?
>
> On April 27, 2017 7:35:42 PM EDT, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >I am pretty sure all these carriers just use HTTPS Faxback technology.
> >I
> >know Concord Fax provides wholesale fax service to Momentum Telecom.
> >All
> >that I have seen require an Audiocodes HTTPS fax adapter. Not sure what
> >runs the server piece. Is there anything opensouce that supports HTTPS
> >fax?
> >No, I am not talking about SIP or T.38 that shit doesn't work well.
> >
> >On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Carlos Alvarez <caalvarez at gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Fax is dead.  Long live fax.
> >>
> >> We've resisted supporting it, but customers still need it on
> >occasion, and
> >> they hate having a separate landline carrier just for a fax line.  So
> >I'm
> >> wondering what others here use successfully to provide their
> >customers with
> >> a "fax line" to a physical machine.  We would only use a handful of
> >them,
> >> and only with our customers who have a fully managed service (IE,
> >2-3ms
> >> connection directly to us over MPLS).  We run Asterisk and pass T.38
> >to a
> >> few carriers.  We currently do fax to e-mail inbound on Asterisk with
> >no
> >> issues.
> >>
> >> Volume is very light, maybe 3-5 per day per customer, so things like
> >the
> >> Vitelity FaxEnable don't make economic sense ($25/mo unlimited our
> >cost).
> >>
> >>
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>
> -- Alex
>
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