Fax by cellphone?

Hi... Does anyone know if there is a way I can use my regular fax
machine through my cellphone? I have gotten rid of my landline at my
home and this is the only thing I miss.

Thanks in advance for any help!

yellowdogmichael

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Regular landline FAX programs
wait for a dial-tone. There are
some FAX programs which can
enable you to use a cell-phone.
Smith-Micro sells one. Win-Fax
is another. It's possible with the
right software. Luck

Some cell phone data kits have fax software-phone intregration program(s).

My Startac 7868 came with a program that will accept faxes via Cellphone.
It's a fax program that runs on the computer that listens for faxes.

Works good for me the couple times I have used it.

The other alterniative, is to look for a fax forwarding service.

Scotty


"Gator" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Regular landline FAX programs
> wait for a dial-tone. There are
> some FAX programs which can
> enable you to use a cell-phone.
> Smith-Micro sells one. Win-Fax
> is another. It's possible with the
> right software. Luck
>
>

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I should clarify that the software came
with the data kit/cable..

Scotty


"Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Some cell phone data kits have fax software-phone intregration program(s).
>
> My Startac 7868 came with a program that will accept faxes via Cellphone.
> It's a fax program that runs on the computer that listens for faxes.
>
> Works good for me the couple times I have used it.
>
> The other alterniative, is to look for a fax forwarding service.
>
> Scotty
>
>
> "Gator" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Regular landline FAX programs
> > wait for a dial-tone. There are
> > some FAX programs which can
> > enable you to use a cell-phone.
> > Smith-Micro sells one. Win-Fax
> > is another. It's possible with the
> > right software. Luck
> >
> >
>
>

My Motorola Startac7868's data kit can do via 14.4kbps digital as well as
analog.
Not that you want to go out and buy an older phone, just saying it's
possible with another type of phone.

My old Nokia 6190 will do it as well with data kit, @ 9600bps

Scotty


"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> yellowdogmichael <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Hi... Does anyone know if there is a way I can use my regular fax
> > machine through my cellphone?
>
> No, you can't, unless you are using a phone with analog capability
> that A) can be placed in analog mode manually by the user, and B) has
> a data kit available that connects to a regular phone jack (RJ-11)
> instead of a PC's serial port.
>
> (I won't go into the myriad of reasons that analog data devices like
> fax machines don't work through digital cellphones- that's been
> covered on this NG enough times- for this discussion just please
> accept that they don't!)
>
> When I needed such a connection last spring (for a fax machine and a
> credit card terminal), I activated an old analog Radio Shack handhald
> phone that I had a fax interface for (both built by Nokia) on Cingular
> pre-paid (3 months or 58 minutes, whichever came first, for $20.)
> This only works if you're in a Cingular 800-MHz market (most Cingular
> markets east of the Rockies, but not in the Carolinas or NYC.)
>
> > I have gotten rid of my landline at my
> > home and this is the only thing I miss.
>
> Analog data is slow and akward, and compatible equipment is hard to
> find. You'd be much better off using your PC as a fax machine (with
> appropriate fax software) through your cellphone, or use a
> fax-to-e-mail gateway like faxwave, jfax or efax.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> My Motorola Startac7868's data kit can do via 14.4kbps digital as well as
> analog.
> Not that you want to go out and buy an older phone, just saying it's
> possible with another type of phone.
>
> My old Nokia 6190 will do it as well with data kit, @ 9600bps
>
But the 7868 (and the digital Microtac's before that) were kicked into
analog mode by the software before the connection completed. You could
actually see the "D" go away.

--
Jud
Dallas TX USA

"Scott Nelson - Wash DC" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> My Motorola Startac7868's data kit can do via 14.4kbps digital as well as
> analog.

To a PC serial port, right? NOT an analog phone jack! (Everyone
seems to have missed the OP's actual question- he wants to hook a fax
MACHINE to his phone- not send/receive faxes from a PC!)

> Not that you want to go out and buy an older phone, just saying it's
> possible with another type of phone.
>
> My old Nokia 6190 will do it as well with data kit, @ 9600bps

Again, it can do digital data to/from a COMPUTER at 9600bps. My old
analog Nokia could actually accept an RJ-11 phone jack via it's fax
interface, which in my case was necessary for use with a credit card
terminal's built-in 2400bps analog modem.