dial up online and receive fax at same time?

Question

what program would I need to still use dial up service and receive faxes at the same time, or can I solve the problem with an all in one printer copier fax machine, since I live in rural america, and high speed internet is not available, only dial up service, and having another phone line is not an option. ??

Answer 1

you only can receive a fax by email at the same time......, and sending you will need a scanner to do it over the internet.....with dial-up you have 2 options, I have used both....

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

first, you can use www.callwave.com fax...is not free...

or

www.efax.com for free....but you need a scanner to send the fax...

http://home.efax.com/s/r/gen-efax-plus5?VID=33675&CMP=KNC-33675Email1&vcn=google&vcad=efax&recipe=Y

on both, the faxes will be send to your email.

Answer 2

Frank,

With dial up, that's not possible. If you are online, the fax machine will receive a busy signal.

Have you looked at DirecTV or Dish for high speed? They are pricey ($99 a month when I last checked) but it may be a solution if you have a business.

Answer 3

you should use it as an answering gadget. sure you should use it as a fax gadget too. it ought to even answer and decide what type of call it really is. i wager you could make a telephone call trough it, yet i do not remember seing application for that. There are different purposes, like press a million to get this kind menus. Voice/Fax means that it ought to transmit voices and fax alerts besides as in simple terms documents.

Answer 4

it would have helped if you could get ISDN.....
Any two calls can be made at the same time....
But as you are living in a rural area.....and most probably working from a tower network( correct me if I'm wrong) ..you will only have access to one line ..outgoing or incoming at one time.
The best would be to get a V_Sat connection in you area... you get a high speed data line 128 or 256 or 512Kbps and with that two normal Telephone lines....
It should work you out 150 to 180 dollars a month...

Answer 5

hey man
there is a progtram called fax talk i belive you can get it for free but you cant be online to use it but i will let you send faxs with a scanner or you can use a fax site called trustfax.com it cost but you can use it online and not have to have a scanner to send things