asterisk users - Jun 2004 - Re: OT: fax obsoleted? Was: Re: Fax via email (Steve Underwood)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kurt
> 
> Old managers will change its the LaLawyershat don't
> change.  Every dam law office that I been in has at
> least one fax machine that is constantly printing
> something out.  But to say fax is dead is an
> understatement.
> AT&T said that about teletype service, you know 50 -
> 300 baud service, years ago and then one day they
> noticed that traffic across their teletype
> seservicetarted growing.
> 
> If anyone is going to develop fax fufurtherthey should
> look into T.38.  All the big VoVoIPahardwareendors are
> developing or have developed T.38 on their gateways.
> A couple examples:  CiCiscond NuNuera- Even this
> little poky cocompanyalled InInnomedias developing it
> for their SIP based ATATAs
I've never see an email stutter before. :)

Fax isn't close to being dead, although many of us wish it were. Many
companies still use fax as method for signing and countersigning
contracts. Plus, in today's email environment of spam and message sizes
that are blocked (or email boxes full), fax is still a way to get forms
and other documents through.

Gotta go now, I have a 3 day free Disney World vacation to book and some
SUPER SECRET OTC stocks to purchase.... :)

Regards,

--- Gavin