[P1] Faxing in OSX

[Joe Jones]

i was under the impression that DSL and voice signals were carried on 
the same pair of wires in the phone system - the technology was 
certainly designed this way and it's how it operates here in the UK.

The DSL signals use a much higher frequency than analogue phone signals 
so the two can coexist on the same pair and be easily filtered apart at 
both ends by micofilter devices.

Bell's DSL install might be different - or perhaps they tell you that 
you /must/ have a different phone line for things like fax machines and 
voice calls so they can charge you for multiple lines.

The dsl signal on a voice line can interfere slightly with the analogue 
part, but not much. Enough to reduce the maximum speed of a standard 
dialup modem, but nothing that makes it unusable for voice and data.

Joe

On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 12:02 Europe/London, Jack Rodgers wrote:

>
> On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 12:02  AM, Charles Martin wrote:
>
>> Sure you can. The DSL doesn't interfere with anything.
>>
>> Bear in mind, though, that if you use one phone line for all this, 
>> only ONE of the other three services (phone, fax, modem) can be in 
>> use at a time.
>
> When my BellSouth DSL was installed, the DSL was connected to two of 
> the four wires coming from the phone room. The other two wires were 
> made available for a voice phone. This allowed me to have both dsl and 
> voice at the same time.
>
> If you remove the cover from your phone outlet you will see that there 
> are four wires inside. Only two are being used if you have only the 
> initial phone installation. The other two are available for what ever 
> use you want.
>