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- From: "John P. Walker" <jpw@openix.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Voice modems
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:11:13 -0500
- Organization: Openix
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- Nicholas Cady wrote:
- >
- > Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- > Subject: Voice modems
- > Just what do the voice modems do? What I'm looking for is this: If I am
- > downloading something from a bulletin board or other source, and a
- > phonecall comes in on the same phone line, the modem would suspend the
- > file transfer and let me answer the phone. Is this what the voice modems
- > will do? Are there any 28.8 voice modems?
-
- No, voice modems will not do what you are talking about. If you are downloading
- a file and a call is made to your phone line, the person making the phone call
- will receive a busy signal.
-
- Voice modems serve a number of functions, however. You can set up a voice mail
- system with them and you can also have the voice mail system receive faxes. The
- voice modem will distinguish between fax, voice, or data phone calls (at least
- most of them will.
-
- I have set up a voice mail system with a voice modem at work. We have 12 voice
- mail boxes (one for each employee). I have also set the software up so that
- when a voice message is left in an individual's voicemail box, the voice modem
- then dials that individual's pager and pages them, letting them know that they
- have received a message. That employee can then dial in to the voice modem and
- retrieve their voice messages. It works great.
-
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- John P. Walker
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