Fax on hi-speed

[Jill]

I have a hi-speed internet connection and I was wondering
how the connection works when receiving or sending
faxes. When I set up my fax in xp it ask for my fax
phone number but I actually do not connect my computer to
the internet thru a phone line but a cable network (I
presume anyway since it's the cable TV co who is
providing the hi speed Inet connection and modem
service. So what I want to do essentially is avoid
receiving or sending faxes thru by regular phone line.
Can this be done thru the XP software?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Many users don't realize that faxing is a function that can only use analog
phone lines and analog fax modems. Accordingly, no fax software will
function with cable modems or DSL lines. With some DSL connections you can
obtain a DSL line filter suitable for connecting a standard analog voice
line to the DSL line and can then connect an analog fax modem to that line.

If you have no analog modem or phone line, you will need to use a fee based
Internet Fax Service. Several are listed here: http://www.savetz.com/fax/

 

[Thomas Ferguson]

Faxing requires phone lines. You can use a "fax service" and send what you
want faxed to that service. They send the fax for you using phone lines.