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More info?)
On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:25:00 +0000, Bob Smith wrote:
>
> "Timo" <timo@anonymous.biz> wrote in message
> news:e5OdnfFIZLOWrhvcRVn-2w@comcast.com...
>> My previous subject line may have been misleading. So I'll try again.
>>
>> I no longer have a land line. Is there any way to use my Sanyo VM4500 in
>> conjunction with a standard fax machine? Is there a connector cable with a
>> Sanyo connector on one end and an RJ11 male on the other?
>> Thanks
>> Timo
>
> First off, I haven't searched the web to see if there is, but I don't
> believe there is. Even if there were, there are more considerations. Can the
> phone dial the fax number, and have the fax machine make a good handshake?
> Even if that were possible, have you considered the cost of those calls on a
> monthly basis? They wouldn't be covered under the Vision option.
>
> Considering you no longer have a landline, what you may want to think is
> avoiding your fax machine completely, and subscribe to one of the on line
> fax services. Lots of them available to do faxes both ways.
>
> Bob
When I was using old dial-up methods with cellular phones the phone I was
using had a special "data/fax number" and what it did was when the phone
saw that number incoming it would switch into a data/fax mode and forward
it to the serial cable it was connected to. Of course when I switched to
cingular their "techs" had no idea what I was referring to nor did that
have any idea that you had to add, I believe it is called, "my wireless
window" to the phone before the network even allows data calls. My
previous phone, a gsm ericsson had a menu where you could tell the phone
what type of incoming call you were receiving and it would send the
signals over serial cable to alert a connected pc. I have only seen this
menu on verizon's a310 recent but really I haven't looked at other phones
since I got my sanyo 4900 with sprintpcs. My advice would be to enroll in
an online fax service or contact sprintpcs business dept to see what they
might have avaible. Also have a chat with verizon since if they left it in
the firmware on the a310 they might have techs that have some idea what it
is for and how to use it.