Faxing with DSL

[Loran1]

My PC uses a Verizon DSL line for the internet and e-mail
instead of my dial up modem. I just installed XP's faxing
service, but it tells me there's no dial tone when I try to
send a fax. Other than disconnecting my DSL modem and
re-connecting the old dial up modem, is there a way to send
and receive faxes under DSL?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Unlike most dial-up modems, a DSL 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/efax/twa/page/homePage

Or consider purchasing a regular fax machine and connect it to your phone
line.

Please visit the Fax experts in the Fax newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
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| My PC uses a Verizon DSL line for the internet and e-mail
| instead of my dial up modem. I just installed XP's faxing
| service, but it tells me there's no dial tone when I try to
| send a fax. Other than disconnecting my DSL modem and
| re-connecting the old dial up modem, is there a way to send
| and receive faxes under DSL?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for clearing this up. I suspected that was the case.

 

[NobodyMan]

My PC uses a Verizon DSL line for the internet and e-mail
instead of my dial up modem. I just installed XP's faxing
service, but it tells me there's no dial tone when I try to
send a fax. Other than disconnecting my DSL modem and
re-connecting the old dial up modem, is there a way to send
and receive faxes under DSL?

This was asked and answered the last two times you posted this exact
same (word for word) post. I suggest you read responses to your posts
instead of continuing your whine.

Bottom line is that you can't use your broadband modem to fax. You
can send a fax through an on-line service like efax and the like, but
if you want to fax from your machine you'll need a fax-modem with a
connection to your phone line.

 

[wojo]

So connect a phone line to your modem. It'll find a dial tone then.