Voice Over IP Technology for Home Phone – will my Fax Machine Work?
VoIP lines “can” support Fax transmissions successfully. But, there are many factors and variables that will determine whether you will have success sending Fax over a VoIP line. This is why your VoIP service cannot guarantee successful Fax transmission and receptions… they can’t control all the factors involved. Everyone knows that Internet speed is a factor. But, most people have ample high-speed Internet to accomodate Fax. This is not actually the biggest problem with Fax over Internet (also called FoIP). Just be sure to not surf or file download or email while sending or receiveing Faxes to reduce any data bottleneck issues. And, yes, set your Fax machine speed to low as possible. This will improve success rate. Other Internet factors the user does not have control over are: Packet Jitter, packets dropped, or excessive delays resulting in dropped packets. Your local network setup can have influence on success of fax.
