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From: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Facsimile modems vs Regular modems?
Message-ID: <4127@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 29-May-87 09:17:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: mnetor.4127
Posted: Fri May 29 09:17:37 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 30-May-87 10:16:34 EDT
References: <306@gen1.UUCP>
Reply-To: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
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In article <306@gen1.UUCP> peter@gen1.UUCP (Peter CAMILLERI) writes:
>
>  Often in spec sheets and product announcements for dat comm products
>I notice that a disntinction between two types of modems. Regular and
>Facsimile, and I can't help but notice that facs modems tend to be both
>faster and cheaper than thier regular counterparts. 
>
>  So my question is what is the difference between a regular modem and
>a facs modem and can I use facs modems to create a cheap, high speed
>private network?

Turning it around, does this mean that regular modems cannot be used
to connect to a fax machine?
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Regards,

George Hart, Computer X Canada Ltd.
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