Re: win xp fax with dsl?

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}}} If you can't afford the one-time cost of $10 for a fax modem, you cannot
afford the computer you are using. {{{

Assume I've got the fax modem you mention. Does it need a separate phone line?

Nope. Just use the same phone line that goes to your telephone. If the nearest wall jack only has one socket that goes to your telephone, get a splitter to connect your telephone and the TEL jack on your modem to the same wall jack.

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Plug into the telephone near the computer and use a short cord from it to the TEL jack of the modem. Or plug it into the wall jack and run separate long cords to your telephone and the TEL jack of your modem.


}}} Although DSL uses a phone line, it is one that is permanently
connected to the internet, not to the dial-up network. You can't use
it (at least not the DSL portion of the line, which is what is
connected to your computer) to dial a telephone number. {{{

I think this answers the phone line question and says the fax modem needs to connect to a non-DSL line.

The analog fax modem acts just like a telephone, so you can plug it into the same jacks into which you plug your telephone. The filter/splitter that separates the voice and DSL bands is either at the entry point to your house or a separate filter is installed at each endpoint device (telephone, fax machine, fax modem, burglar alarm, whatever).

You don't need a 2nd telephone line to use fax modems/machines on the same twisted pair as your DSL service. However, if you want to do voice communications over the phone line while you are sending or you want to leave the fax in constant receive mode to pickup any incoming fax calls, yes, then you need a 2nd voice line (which could be the POTS service or could even be VoIP over your DSL broadband connection provided you have decent upload speed).

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