I HAVE followed the letters concerning using a fax modem with interest, but I have yet to commit myself to buying one.
A friend of mine has tried one out, but with not as much success as I would have expected.
I would appreciate you answering a few questions regarding the problems he has experienced.
1. We have timed the sending of the same document, one sheet of A4 printing, by a regular fax machine and also using Winfax Pro.
Why did the fax machine take only 53 seconds to send the document as against one minute 20 seconds when sent by Winfax? 2. When he received his telephone bill for a fax sent overseas, the charge was for one minute, as against the time on the send log of 44 seconds. Why the discrepancy in times again? I have noticed that when using the fax modem with Winfax, the initialisation and closing procedures take much longer than when using Bitfax. Why is this? Based on what I've seen, using a fax modem instead of a dedicated fax machine would not be cost-effective.
GORDON KIM SING Tsim Sha Tsui A regular fax machine will begin transmitting a document as soon as it gets through to another machine on the other end of a fax or telephone line.