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From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Fax modem splitter: WHY?
Keywords: fax modem voice
Message-ID: <1990Feb12.201417.7925@alphalpha.com>
Date: 12 Feb 90 20:14:17 GMT
References: <23687@robin.cs.nott.ac.uk> <1990Feb4.091927.23830@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <8027@chaph.usc.edu>
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In article <8027@chaph.usc.edu> jamin@alcor.usc.edu (Sugih Jamin) writes:
>Hello,
>
>I have thought of doing the same thing before, getting a fax-modem-voice
>"multiplexer."  But the box costs more than $300, last time I checked.
>For that money, I could have two more lines installed and have better
>access to my phone, modem, and fax.  Why would one want to pay the same
>amount of money (or maybe more) for less accessibility?
I did it for a couple reasons, the primary one being that New England
Telephone took 6 months to transfer two phone lines when I moved
10 blocks, and one of them still doesn't work. 
It also makes it easier on my business card (one phone number for fax
and voice).  Finally I figure it will pay for itself in about two years
given the monthly charges for a line.

>for around $500.  For that money, I could have gotten a 9600 baud standalone 
>fax (not a fax machine, but a standalone fax box that works with the computer) 
Where? I've never seen one.


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