I've found, from my experience, they tend to be on analog PORTS on phone systems (e.g., they're given a DID in the PBX, but it just comes out on an analog port instead of a digital one). Thus, if the PBX dies, so do most of the fax machines, at least in larger companies... D At 09:51 AM 7/4/99 -0700, Dirk Harms-Merbitz wrote:
Faxes tend to be on analog phone lines. They will still work even when a companies phone system is down.
Dirk
On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 01:54:07AM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
At the last NANOG several folks chuckled when I pointed out that many real emergency plans include sending a FAX as a backup when the phones don't work. I thought I would pass this news story along.
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/070399/com_phonesout.shtml -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation