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From: mel@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Melchior A. Meilchen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Use a auto-answer modem and answering machine on one line?
Message-ID: <6306@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 3 Sep 90 15:58:55 GMT
References: <1990Aug31.034046.5793@xavax.com>
Reply-To: mel@jhunix.UUCP (Melchior A. Meilchen)
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In article <1990Aug31.034046.5793@xavax.com> alvitar@xavax.com (Phillip Harbison) writes:
>company who is interested in building and selling it.  I would like to
>know if there are many people who would be interested in such a box,
>or if they think it is an appropriate way to solve the problem.  I wel-
>come your opinions, either by email or in this forum.  I will summarize
>to the net if I get alot of email on this subject.
>
I would be very interested in such a device. Ideally, I would like
to run a modem, fax, answering machine and voice all on one line :-).

But seriusly, having two lines, one for fax/modem and the other for the
voice links sounds O.K. 

But would your machine require that you tell all the people that call you
to dial an extension after they get a second dial tone?  Something
transparent to the user would be ideal. And under $100, also.