2nd question...can I use my sanyo for fax via computer?

I just asked a question about cabling my sanyo 4930 to my computer so
as to transfer ring tones. In trying to look up an answer I came
across the idea of using my phone as a modem to fax with. Is this
possible? I've shut down my Bell south land line and now only use
the sprint cell. Fax is the only thing I miss about not having a
land line.

Thanks again,
John

do not see any reason why not.

mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com

"John-Charleston" <7Johns8888@comcast.net> wrote in message news:ht9us297puintkpi22ehbmfsd614fk3dia@4ax.com...
I just asked a question about cabling my sanyo 4930 to my computer so
as to transfer ring tones. In trying to look up an answer I came
across the idea of using my phone as a modem to fax with. Is this
possible? I've shut down my Bell south land line and now only use
the sprint cell. Fax is the only thing I miss about not having a
land line.

Thanks again,
John

At 11 Feb 2007 09:31:14 -0500 John-Charleston wrote:

> In trying to look up an answer I came
> across the idea of using my phone as a modem to fax with. Is this
> possible?

Depends on the carrier. T-Mobile, my carrier, allows modem calls over a
celphone, but blocks fax unless you pay a $10/month fee for "Business
CSD" service whixh includes a separate incoming fax number.

Fax tones don't transfer over digital cellular well, so the provider has
to tie special equipment in at their end to connect the call (namely, a
faxmodem!) it's all done seamlessly, but that's why it doesn't work if
they don't allow it.

> I've shut down my Bell south land line and now only use
> the sprint cell. Fax is the only thing I miss about not having a
> land line.

Try it- if it works, great. If not, call and ask what it costs to add
faxing. If that's too much, use an e-mail to fax service like fax1.com.
You e-mail them the documents you want to fax and they charge $0.12/page,
and no monthly fee for outgoing faxing. I rarely need to fax more than a
few pages a month, so they work great for me.

John-Charleston wrote:
> I just asked a question about cabling my sanyo 4930 to my computer so
> as to transfer ring tones. In trying to look up an answer I came
> across the idea of using my phone as a modem to fax with. Is this
> possible?

No.

> I've shut down my Bell south land line and now only use
> the sprint cell. Fax is the only thing I miss about not having a
> land line.

Look into Faxaway.

"http://www.faxaway.com/"

It's $1 per month, plus 10-11¢ per minute for the U.S. (lower 48). You
use e-mail, with PDF or Word attachments.

I've been using it for a couple of years. It's better than eFAX. Not
only is it cheaper for light users, I used to have trouble with eFAX not
being able to open received documents. I e-mailed them about it, but
they have no support for their free receiving service, so I was
concerned about signing up for a paid account.

There is often a substantial delay of up to an hour between when the
e-mail is sent and when the FAX is sent. If you can live with this, it's
a great service.

SMS wrote:
> John-Charleston wrote:
>> I just asked a question about cabling my sanyo 4930 to my computer so
>> as to transfer ring tones. In trying to look up an answer I came
>> across the idea of using my phone as a modem to fax with. Is this
>> possible?
>
> No.
>
>> I've shut down my Bell south land line and now only use
>> the sprint cell. Fax is the only thing I miss about not having a
>> land line.
>
> Look into Faxaway.
>
> "http://www.faxaway.com/"
>
> It's $1 per month, plus 10-11¢ per minute for the U.S. (lower 48). You
> use e-mail, with PDF or Word attachments.
>
> I've been using it for a couple of years. It's better than eFAX. Not
> only is it cheaper for light users, I used to have trouble with eFAX not
> being able to open received documents. I e-mailed them about it, but
> they have no support for their free receiving service, so I was
> concerned about signing up for a paid account.
>
> There is often a substantial delay of up to an hour between when the
> e-mail is sent and when the FAX is sent. If you can live with this, it's
> a great service.

Also, check out http://www.maxemail.com.

--
Notan

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:48:47 -0700, Notan
<notan@ddressthatcanbespammed> wrote:

>SMS wrote:
>> John-Charleston wrote:
>>> I just asked a question about cabling my sanyo 4930 to my computer so
>>> as to transfer ring tones. In trying to look up an answer I came
>>> across the idea of using my phone as a modem to fax with. Is this
>>> possible?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> I've shut down my Bell south land line and now only use
>>> the sprint cell. Fax is the only thing I miss about not having a
>>> land line.
>>
>> Look into Faxaway.
>>
>> "http://www.faxaway.com/"
>>
>> It's $1 per month, plus 10-11¢ per minute for the U.S. (lower 48). You
>> use e-mail, with PDF or Word attachments.
>>
>> I've been using it for a couple of years. It's better than eFAX. Not
>> only is it cheaper for light users, I used to have trouble with eFAX not
>> being able to open received documents. I e-mailed them about it, but
>> they have no support for their free receiving service, so I was
>> concerned about signing up for a paid account.
>>
>> There is often a substantial delay of up to an hour between when the
>> e-mail is sent and when the FAX is sent. If you can live with this, it's
>> a great service.
>
>Also, check out http://www.maxemail.com.

Thanks folks,
I've looked into the options and I think I'll try Faxaway. Maxemail
and fax1 would be a good bit more expensive for a very lite user like
myself.

Thanks for the answers,
John

John-Charleston wrote:

<snip>

> Thanks folks,
> I've looked into the options and I think I'll try Faxaway. Maxemail
> and fax1 would be a good bit more expensive for a very lite user like
> myself.

Just don't panic when you send a FAX and it doesn't show up for a while
in their system. I thought it should only take a couple of minutes, but
for some reason their server queues up the faxes and sends them much
later. It's not good if someone is sitting there waiting for a FAX to
arrive right away.

Even though I have a landline, I have no long distance carrier, I use
TalkLoop. I soon found that I could not send faxes outside my intra-LATA
area without having a long distance carrier.

The number of faxes I send per year is probably less than ten. Most
places will now accept a scanned PDF attached to an e-mail. I did two
refinancings using only e-mail attachments.