Question about VOIP and Faxes

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:56:47PM -0500, Ori Berger wrote:
> Dear Linux-IL,
>
> I've been using asterisk, a pstn->sip DID (didww) and a sip->pstn  
> termination (grnvoip) for the last year, and it's been working very  
> well. I'm about to purchase[1] an Epson Artisan 810, which can also work  
> as a Fax, and I would like to put it to that use. (Oh, and I'm located  
> in the US)
>
> From what I've been able to gather, didww say they do not support T.38  
> (voip fax protocol); grnvoip do support T.38; Faxes may still work  
> through a voice codec if bandwidth is high enough; Which means I might  
> have problem receiving faxes, although no problem sending faxes to PSTN  
> numbers.

Obligatory link:

http://soft-switch.org/foip.html

Jitter is also an issue.

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