Re: [hylafax-users] Is this possible?

["Michael Stowe" <mstowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are a few of those, that rely on one of the following telco services:

- Distinctive Ring
- Call Waiting
- Two lines

And a few more that require you to plug the various devices into them. 
They pretty much all work, but none of them are magical, and each one has
situations they don't handle well.

Many modems can handle "distinctive ring," and a few can handle being
voice answering systems (which act like answering machines, they can't
then ring the phone.)

There's the venerable "Catch a Call," which leverages call waiting:
http://www.amazon.com/Internet-Phone-Line-Sharing-Device/dp/B000JGAE4M

And then there are the dedicated devices like these:
http://www.faxswitch.com/fax_device.php

But can it be done without hardware or telco services?  No


> Wasn't there a device long ago that one could plug into the phone line
> and it had 2 "outlets".  The device would "detect" an incoming fax call
> and route it to the fax line.  I think it was sort of like a Y splitter.
> I don't think they worked very well, but it's worth a try if you could
> find one.
>
> David


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