Re: Good and cheap fax modem
From: Extreme (A_at_B.com)
Date: 09/22/04
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:28:50 -0600
I tried to set up a fax server with winmodems and they were all a
piece of junk. Espically if you needed to use more than one... and
even with one 1/2 of the time they wouldn't work. if your looking for
an internal card make sure it is not a winmodem (mostly software
driven) Make sure that the internal modem does all of the fax
processing on the card as opposed to using software to do it. But
those hardware modems are just as expensive as the external ones and
you can easily reboot an externam modem
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:28:25 -0400, "Marc L. Kozam"
<kozam@mlksoft.com> wrote:
>There is no such animal. Good and cheap are somewhat exclusive.
>
>On the low end are the Winmodems from Zoom, etc. Overall respectable
>products if you don't mind missing perhaps one in 10 or 20 faxes with
>various "reception errors". OK for home users and light business use when
>you will generally expect faxes and will know if they don't come through.
>
>Next are the hardware modems such as the USR 5610B and Multitech ZPX series.
>Still under $US 100, but far superior in terms of reliability with perhaps 1
>in 30 or 40 faxes with "reception errors". OK if a few missed faxes is
>acceptable. Disasterous if this means hundreds or thousands of lost dollars
>when a customer's order gets messed up.
>
>Finally, there are Brooktrout cards, which I have not used, but apparently
>are the gold standard.
>
>Although many swear by external modems (and I have used plenty), I'm more in
>favor of internal models - one less power adapter. I've never had to reboot
>a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 machine because an internal modem was locked up.
>
>All depends on your needs, but in general, the more you pay, the more you
>get.
>
>Marc
>
>"Extreme" <A@B.com> wrote in message
>news:3v7uk0hqmtnu7su2ujonn46aqbptme41ps@4ax.com...
>> We use external USR 56k faxmodems. they work, they seem to be
>> reliable, by no means are they brooktrout cards, but they do work. and
>> all you have to do to reset them is turn the power switch on and off,
>> which beats the heck out of rebooting the server.
>>
>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 04:19:12 -0700, "Niina" <Niina@xx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>> >Could you tell me is there any good and cheap fax modems
>> >that are compatible with Windows Server 2003? Or can I
>> >use fax modems that are compatible with XP? I visited the
>> >Windows Server Catalog, but many products seemed quite
>> >expensive...
>> >
>> >Many thanks,
>> >
>> >Niina
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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