asterisk users - Sep 2006 - Need a recommended T38 FOIP solution

I help support a small office, 5 SIP phones, connected to an Asterisk PBX. We
have 4 analouge fax machines connected to a pstn that i would like to get rid
of, but need a foip solution.
   
  rather thing trying to do a pass through using the g711 protocol, I want to go
with a t38 termination since it is more reliable. can someone recommened a cheap
t38 foip vendor? also, what kind of changes do i need to make to my analouge fax
machines so that i can get this accomplished? i assume theres some type of ATA
adapter that will need to be used with the phone. specific brand?
   
  To receive faxes I assume I could use asterfax,but to send faxes i need to use
a fax machine, mainly because people here will need to sign documents then fax
them.
   
  any recommendation would be appreciated. thanks.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060924/106faf92/attachment.htm

On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 08:06:41PM -0700, Christopher Corn
wrote:
>    I help support a small office, 5 SIP phones, connected to an
>    Asterisk PBX. We have 4 analouge fax machines connected to a pstn
>    that i would like to get rid of, but need a foip solution.
>
>    rather thing trying to do a pass through using the g711 protocol,
>    I want to go with a t38 termination since it is more reliable. can
>    someone recommened a cheap t38 foip vendor? also, what kind of
>    changes do i need to make to my analouge fax machines so that i can
>    get this accomplished? i assume theres some type of ATA adapter
>    that will need to be used with the phone. specific brand?
>
>    To receive faxes I assume I could use asterfax,but to send faxes i
>    need to use a fax machine, mainly because people here will need to
>    sign documents then fax them.
What is your PSTN uplink now, and what's it likely to be?  I assume
your primary uplink is still analog PSTN?  Cause if it is, you *might*
be able to use G.711 passthrough, since you won't be trying to send the
G.711 over a VoIP link.  On a LAN, it might work out for you.

Lee may have a more informed opinion on this; I will admit to speculating.

Cheers,
-- jra
-- 
Jay R. Ashworth                                                jra@baylink.com
Designer                          Baylink                             RFC 2100
Ashworth & Associates        The Things I Think                       
'87 e24
St Petersburg FL USA      http://baylink.pitas.com             +1 727 647 1274

	"That's women for you; you divorce them, and 10 years later,
	  they stop having sex with you."  -- Jennifer Crusie; _Fast_Women_