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Date: 12 Sep 92 16:09:37 GMT
From: plains![e-mail] (Jeff Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Automatic Fax/Modem Switches
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I'm looking to buy one of those fax/modem switches that can be used on
a single phone line to switch the incomming call to the apporiate
device.  The setup I'm trying to get it working on is this:

I have an answering machine and a modem on a single line, I would like
to be able to take incoming modem calls without giving up the use of
the answering machine (i.e. if it's a voice call it should end up
ringing the phone and eventually on the answering machine, but if it's
a data call it should go to the modem), but the modem must be able to
make outgoing calls at any time (for my UUCP feed).

Is this even possible?  I've tried two switches sofar, the one Radio
Shack sells and one made by a company called ACCO.  The one by ACCO
works (part of the time, every other call seems to get in) Does anyone
else have any other recommendations of other types/makes of switches?

Thanks for any help!

Jeff Cooper    [e-mail]
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