Stroller wrote:
"Imminent" would not be a correct statement of the current status. See <http://www.altramelia.it/mess_6329_2353960.html>
That rather clarifies plans then... My personal (and possibly ill-informed) hunch is that it should be possible to make faxing with a class-1 work at least as well as it did under Win2K.... but I stand corrected that vgetty isn't that solution at the moment.
I would like to work out if it would be worth my while to look around for another cheap modem or wait... if sometime this year a usable (very small volume) support for Class 1 faxes becomes available then that would probably be fine - I've other (less convenient) options which can see me through until then.
Look around for a cheap replacement. I have been very lucky with a 28.8k Hayes Accura that I got from a car-boot sale - it does UK CLID, fax & voice. I would expect that you could find something suitable for next to no $$$ if you keep your eyes open.
I'll have a quick look at ebay (I don't know of any car boot sales or similar in my neck of the woods and the local "computer fair" is notoriously dodgey and more hassle than buying something new and top-spec. I don't suppose that there is a list of modems verified as solid performers with vgetty voice & fax are there?
My other thought (though I realise Gert Doering probably wouldn't approve) might be to use hylafax for faxing - it certainly claims to work with class-1 modems... but it isn't obvious that it would be straightforward to merge that with a VOCP voice system.
Thanks,
Steve
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