Fax modem
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Fax modem
A fax modem is a converged device, a modem with the capability of handling fax transmissions. Please see modem for information on modems and fax for information on fax transmissions. HistoryIn the early 90's small business PCs commonly had a PC-based fax/modem card and fax software (typically WinFax Pro). Now largely replaced by E-mail, PC-based faxing with a fax/modem is more-and-more a rarity. Where faxing from a PC is required there are a number of Internet-based faxing alternatives. So, while it's still common to see businesses with a one or more traditional fax machines churning out pages, they are often surrounded by a forest of PCs processing even more E-mail. PC FaxingComputer users may set up a PC fax/modem with card, phone line access and software, or use a service similar to printing from a PC or sending an E-mail message. Fax integration is available in unified communications (e.g. E-mail, Voice Mail and Fax managed together), in a number of Hosted PBX products where standard features allow users to send a fax by using the fax phone number as the address of a E-mail message, and receive incoming faxes via E-mail with the Fax content presented as a PDF attachment. The use of fax/modem cards after the 1990s became a last resort, as compared to a high speed Internet connection. Few users saw a reason for the effort of making this old-technology approach work.
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