True, but in some jurisdictions a signed fax is admissible as court evidence where the same email transmission would not be. So from a legal standpoint there's still a need, unfortunately.
However, building a 'virtual fax machine' on freeswitch isn't particularly difficult.
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Andrew Cassidy BSc (Hons) MBCS SSCA
On 9 July 2012 18:02, Chris Ferreira <chris@gonumina.com> wrote:
I think it would be wonderful if all VoIP admins and providers
collectively told the people needing fax service that it has been
completely phased out.
I think it would be great if stores stopped selling fax machines and
all remaining fax machines were recycled.
The only reason faxing still exists is because of the few people that
refuse to let it die.
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On Jul 9, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Gabriel Gunderson <gabe@gundy.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Sean Devoy <sdevoy@bizfocused.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone investigated the new FaxxBochs offering? It appears to handle the
>> analog fax machine locally, then send the fax as a data TCP connection to
>> the server (as a TIFF or JPG I would guess).
>
> Given how it works, they should have named it FauxBochs.
>
>
> Gabe
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