<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">yes, it improves the success.. An ATA IS a gateway. As far as success rates, depends on the quality of the connection.<div><br><div><div>On May 1, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Sean Devoy <<a href="mailto:sdevoy@bizfocused.com">sdevoy@bizfocused.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="white" background="cid:2769F371-4528-42DD-8006-54EC97B73850@cudanet.local" lang="EN-US" link="#1F86FF" vlink="#005DC9" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span><image001.gif></span><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">I have had some bad experiences trying to get reliable FAX support over VOIP (FS). However, I have not used T.38 capable ATAs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">For the purposes of my questions please assume I am faxing FROM a fax machine over IP into the FS where I will “capture” it using <action application="rxfax" data="//my_directory//rxfax.tiff"/><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">Does a T.38 capable ATA improve the success rate of sending a fax from the ATA just into FreeSwitch?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">I have always thought T.38 was something you put on your Gateway Lines and I think I have forgotten my ATAs connections.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">Also, what success rate have you had with end-to-end delivery of FAXes using T.38? This accountant has heard FAXing is not reliable over VOIP. So far, I think I agree with him. Does T.38 really fix the problem?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106);"> </span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>