Fax Use

Posts: 13 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Aug 03, 2005 Posts: 13

quick question:

I currently have Vonage (very happy with it), is it possible to use my voice line as a shared fax line also? Or do I have to get a seperate fax number to be able to send and receive faxes?

Thanks

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject:

you can (try). they can tweak the fax line to make it more data friendly, but most people have success without one.

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:12 am Post subject:

I have two lines, one for home use and another for work use...I use the home line as a fax line also and don't have any trouble.

Posts: 12 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Dec 16, 2004 Posts: 12

Trowski wrote:

I have two lines, one for home use and another for work use...I use the home line as a fax line also and don't have any trouble.

How do you have your fax setup? I have been told that in order to have the fax and phone on the same line I need to have distinctive ring capabilites from my phone company. Otherwise, I have to manually answer the fax.

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject:

I just have a splitter coming out of the back of the device, and it goes into my Lexmark all in one....Nothing fancy at all...

Posts: 12 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Dec 16, 2004 Posts: 12

My problem is that the fax and voicemail don't play nicely together. If I set the fax to autoanswer the call kicks into the fax before it goes to VM. People can't leave messages if auto answer is on. I'm using the Brother MFC-7220.

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject:

I had to tinker around a bit. I only send/receive a few faxes a week, so for me it is easier to just set it to auto answer when they come in..
Most of the time I have been scanning to PDF files and sending that way as I get confirmation of receipt etc...