Over FaxSIPit’s 25 years of experience involved in the fax industry we have noticed, with the emergence of VoIP, new challenges faced by VoIP telecom providers and carriers with the simple issue of connecting a fax machine.
Keeping in mind that current data shows some 20 million fax machines active in the U.S. and Canada, plus an additional 37 million fax-capable MFD’s (Multi-Function Devices) shipped from manufacturers, this is by no means a small marketplace.
In our discussions with these providers, carriers and end users admit that their choices for reliable fax have not been ideal: leave a POTS line installed, send the customer one of the current T.38 ATA’s and hope there aren’t too many problems; or, try to convince the customer to convert to a virtual system which uses a fax to e-mail and e-mail to fax requiring users to scan all hard copies...Read More
