RJ11 to cellular converter cable?

Is there a way to connect my Sprint Sanyo VM4500 cellphone to the phone jack
of a fax machine, to send a fax over a cellular connection?

VM4500: [male cellphone adapter] ------ cable -------- [RJ11 male] : FAX
machine

Thanks
Timo

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"Timo" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Is there a way to connect my Sprint Sanyo VM4500 cellphone to the phone jack
> of a fax machine, to send a fax over a cellular connection?
>
> VM4500: [male cellphone adapter] ------ cable -------- [RJ11 male] : FAX
> machine
>
> Thanks
> Timo

No, Timo. Unfortunately, fax machines are analog devices that don't
talk to cell phones with the exception of some analog bag phones using
a special (expensive) adapter.

Of course, it's quite difficult to get an analog-only phone activated
just about anywhere in the U.S.

"J on the phone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Timo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Is there a way to connect my Sprint Sanyo VM4500 cellphone to the phone
jack
> > of a fax machine, to send a fax over a cellular connection?
> >
> > VM4500: [male cellphone adapter] ------ cable -------- [RJ11 male] : FAX
> > machine
> >
> > Thanks
> > Timo
>
> No, Timo. Unfortunately, fax machines are analog devices that don't
> talk to cell phones with the exception of some analog bag phones using
> a special (expensive) adapter.

Good point, save that Sanyos can be forced into Analog. The problem is
getting the cable, which doesn't exist ....

Bob

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]=20
says...
> Is there a way to connect my Sprint Sanyo VM4500 cellphone to the phone j=
ack
> of a fax machine, to send a fax over a cellular connection?
>=20
> VM4500: [male cellphone adapter] ------ cable -------- [RJ11 male] : FAX
> machine
>=20
> Thanks
> Timo
>=20
>=20
>=20

Just remember, *if* you ever succeed, this is NOT a regular call. On=20
the older phones (non-Vision. Wireless Web) where this was easier to=20
do, it was 39 cents per minute the connection was active. Period. Not=20
counted against minutes. If you succeed, you'll pay that same per-
minute rate. Fax transmissions count as circuit-switched data. Not as=20
a regular phone call. And no, for the Wireless Web users still out=20
there, or others who realize Wireless Web was circuit-switched data=20
also, Wireless Web add-ons don't cover faxing, either.

fax=3D39 cents per minute. Period.

--=20
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
~+~
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 07:14:47 GMT, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?O/Siris?=
<0siris@sprîntpcs.côm> wrote:

>And no, for the Wireless Web users still out=20
>there, or others who realize Wireless Web was circuit-switched data=20
>also, Wireless Web add-ons don't cover faxing, either.
>
>fax=3D39 cents per minute. Period.

Say what?? I have Wireless Web and I send faxes all the time from my
PC via my trusty old StarTac. They just show up as Wireless Web calls
with no extra charges.

Joseph Huber
[email protected]

"Joseph Huber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 07:14:47 GMT, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?O/Siris?=
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >And no, for the Wireless Web users still out=20
> >there, or others who realize Wireless Web was circuit-switched data=20
> >also, Wireless Web add-ons don't cover faxing, either.
> >
> >fax=3D39 cents per minute. Period.
>
> Say what?? I have Wireless Web and I send faxes all the time from my
> PC via my trusty old StarTac. They just show up as Wireless Web calls
> with no extra charges.
>
> Joseph Huber
> [email protected]

True, however there is a charge ... your $5 or $10 monthly option cost.

Bob

<[email protected]> wrote:
>> >And no, for the Wireless Web users still out=20
>> >there, or others who realize Wireless Web was circuit-switched data=20
>> >also, Wireless Web add-ons don't cover faxing, either.

I wrote:
>> Say what?? I have Wireless Web and I send faxes all the time from my
>> PC via my trusty old StarTac. They just show up as Wireless Web calls
>> with no extra charges.

Bob wrote:
>True, however there is a charge ... your $5 or $10 monthly option cost.

Yes, I am charged $5 for the Wireless Web add-on, but 0siris stated
above that the Wireless Web add-on doesn't cover faxing, which clearly
is not the case, at least for me...

Joseph Huber
[email protected]

In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> Yes, I am charged $5 for the Wireless Web add-on, but 0siris stated
> above that the Wireless Web add-on doesn't cover faxing, which clearly
> is not the case, at least for me...
>=20

That *is* interesting. The only example I ever came across was a user=20
with a Vision phone. They swore they got faxing to happen. They=20
certainly had the 39 cent-per-minute charge to corroborate it.

--=20
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
~+~
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792

O/Siris wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>
>>Yes, I am charged $5 for the Wireless Web add-on, but 0siris stated
>>above that the Wireless Web add-on doesn't cover faxing, which clearly
>>is not the case, at least for me...
>>
>
>
> That *is* interesting. The only example I ever came across was a user
> with a Vision phone. They swore they got faxing to happen. They
> certainly had the 39 cent-per-minute charge to corroborate it.

Well, was it because they had Vision that they got charged the 39 cents?

Think about it. Faxes run at 14.4Kb/s, the old WW speed. You can't do faxing
over Vision - it would have to use a slow data connection and you would be
charged 39c/min if you have Vision but use the older, slower data service, right?

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