How do I receive faxes and calls on my landline through my computer?

Question

I want to connect my computer to my land line and be able to receive calls and faxes on it. I have a fax modem so can do that, but how do I get the calls as well? Do I need special software or a plug in phone? I have a microphone and speakers already connected.

Answer 1

You have to set the modem to answer phone calls and leave
the computer ON all the time. Buy a real FAX machine,
they're pretty cheap and work much better than using a
computer. Sending from a computer works fine, but getting
faxes seems like a waste of valuable computer time.

For using the phone perhaps Skype is a better option?

Answer 2

any thing u use to make calls from your computer using ur broadband is Voip Unless u connect a modem any modem voice or data. With a modem 33 or 56Kb / s, to connect, the modem dials the phone number of a subscriber to the PSTN network, just like a telephone. The recipient may be a telephone, FAX, another modem, provided that the actors (and call) speak the same language (protocol). And on the CTS, the cost will be charged to your phone ... With an ADSL modem, you are permanently connected with your ISP, you are assigned an IP address and connect to other IP addresses on the Internet. The ADSL modem is more akin to a "network card" that a modem with respect to the connection. With a modem RTC, for example you could connect directly to another PC (your home or house) and remote start with a simple phone call, interest standard ATX! With ADSL, known as PC is switched on and connected to the Internet (not good with all the viruses that roam!). Anything that connects a conventional phone is the CTS network and uses the low frequency (voice), the ADSL modem connects through a filter that only passes frequencies that ADSL (and isolates equipment CTS) . With a modem, your ISP (you have dialed the phone number) you connect to a PSTN gateway / TCPIP that lets you access the Internet, but it remains the basis of a dial-up connection! The phone dialer for Windows allows a modem classic command asking him to make the number for you and that's all. is still RTC. The CTS line can operate in 'voice' to call, or in 'Data' connections for modems and fax machines. - Mode 'Data', the modem transmits fully to the data received from the PC (modulation), and conversely, data from the line to the PC (demodulation). - Mode 'Vocal', audio signals on the PSTN (your words or the equivalent) are not interpreted by the modem, and therefore are not transmitted to the PC via the USB or serial link, and some models modems (internal cards) have input / audio outputs to relay the audio to the soundcard to use the microphone and speakers of the PC.

Answer 3

Hi. Some modems will make a signal to tell you you have an incoming call. You then have a minute or two to take the call before the modem goes back into it's regular mode. Not all cards support this.

Answer 4

http://www.callwave.com/landing/corp_home_v2e.asp