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I am trying to set up sending faxes from XP. I have used the set up wizard,
but it only sees my old dial up modem - not my BT broadband. I can not find anyway to set up the fax wizard so it sees and chooses the broadband. Any ideas? |
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Unlike most dial-up modems, a broadband modem is not capable
of connecting to fax machines, so you cannot send or receive faxes directly. In order to send and receives faxes, you'll need a conventional fax modem with a live telephone line attached. You cannot use broadband unless you use a web-base fax service, such as eFax: http://www2.efax.com/en/efax/twa/page/homePage?rqcp=1 Or consider purchasing a regular fax machine and connect it to your phone line. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Microsoft Newsgroups Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec...sxp/choose.mspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Peter Walter" wrote: | I am trying to set up sending faxes from XP. I have used the set up wizard, | but it only sees my old dial up modem - not my BT broadband. I can not find | anyway to set up the fax wizard so it sees and chooses the broadband. Any | ideas? |
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Your broadband connection is digital. Your old dial up modem is analog.
You cannot fax through a digital connection. If you need to send a fax, you need your old analog telephone line... or you can use an online fax service. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging "Peter Walter" <PeterWalter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5B75ECB5-B6F8-4F4E-A8D7-C454B65D55E6@microsoft.com... >I am trying to set up sending faxes from XP. I have used the set up >wizard, > but it only sees my old dial up modem - not my BT broadband. I can not > find > anyway to set up the fax wizard so it sees and chooses the broadband. Any > ideas? > |
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