Re: win xp fax with dsl?

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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:30:46 GMT, "Unknown" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

They are the same lines. DSL uses the same lines as FAX and or normal phone
calls.


The same physical lines, but *only* if DSL service is installed on
them. Without that qualification it's inaccurate to say that it's the
same lines.


Inaccurate to say they do not connect to the dial-up network.


No, it's not. That's precisely why I qualified my statement to say "at
least not the DSL portion of the line, which is what is connected to
your computer."


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:43:48 -0500, "rb" <rbig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I still don't understand. My DSL hookup uses a phone line. FAX
machines
use a phone line. So, since my pc is hooked to my phone line, why
wouldn't
the internal WinXP fax feature work for FAX service--as long as my pc is
online?


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. To make a fax
call, you have to dial the telephone number of the recipient's fax
machine, just as you have to dial your brother's telephone number to
make a voice call to your brother.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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