[UCIMC-Tech] Fax

[JOY]

Chris,
Our service is all through Comcast. (Phone, Internet and TV.) There is no
phone company involved. We pay just under $200 per month for this bundle
with fees and taxes.
I used to have an additional fax "ring" on my home phone for ~$3 per month.
It was a different number but my provider (AT&T) did not charge me for a
separate phone line. I don't know if that scenario is an option through
Comcast...
Joy
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joy,
> I've contacted Josh to learn a bit more about the phone
> infrastructure. Once we know more we can figure something out. We may
> not need to add a line.
> What's the current phone bill like now? Are we paying AT&T for a
> physical line? or is our phone service through Comcast or some other
> provider?
>
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:50 PM, JOY <imcbooks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Brian,
> > I really appreciate your helping troubleshoot this issue. We do receive
> and
> > send faxes, and increasingly more so. I had thought faxing was pretty
> much
> > obsolete. I thought wrong! It is actually quite surprising the number of
> > folks that come in to fax... at least once or twice per day to send or
> > receive. We (someone in the know) always has to be present and go through
> > the unplugging process. Ideally it would be great to receive faxes at any
> > time without having to manipulate the machines but I understand if that
> is
> > not practical.
> > Joy
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Two options:
> >>
> >> 1. If we never receive faxes, we can just turn off incoming faxes on the
> >> machine.
> >>
> >> 2. We can configure the machine to pick up after more rings than the
> >> answering machine. This still depends on someone being present to unplug
> >> the answering machine when you know someone will be trying to send a
> fax.
> >>
> >> The short story is there's no good way to do this without a dedicated
> >> phone line. Josh, Chris and I are trying to figure out if that's
> possible.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> On 9/17/10 5:30 PM, JOY wrote:
> >> > Hey Brian,
> >> >
> >> > I just ran a test. There are 4 rings before the machine picks up. You
> >> > clearly hear Mike's voice with the lovely sound of the kkssssssshhhhhh
> >> > in the background. Now what?
> >> > Joy
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com
> >> > <mailto:bcdugga at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >     Hi Joy,
> >> >
> >> >     I recombobulated the phone lines in the finance office. The line
> >> > goes
> >> >     from the wall to the answering machine to a splitter. The splitter
> >> > goes
> >> >     to the phone and then to the print/fax machine.
> >> >
> >> >     Try sending a fax next time you're here and see how it goes. Call
> me
> >> > if
> >> >     it doesn't work. The only issue that I can think of by having the
> >> > fax
> >> >     permanently on the phone line is that if the fax picks up before
> the
> >> >     answering machine, people will hear kkssshhh.... Do you know how
> >> > many
> >> >     rings the answering machine allows before picking up?
> >> >
> >> >     Thanks!
> >> >     Brian
> >> >
> >> >     On 9/16/10 5:18 PM, JOY wrote:
> >> >     > Hey All,
> >> >     >
> >> >     > I don't remember what the status was of us having a splitter or
> >> >     setup so
> >> >     > that we do not have to unplug phone lines, plug in fax lines, be
> >> >     > available to receive a fax, etc.
> >> >     >
> >> >     > Can we get this to function more easily?
> >> >     > Thanks,
> >> >     > Joy
> >> >     >
> >> >     > --
> >> >     > Joy Davis
> >> >     > UCIMC Office Manager
> >> >     > 202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
> >> >     > Urbana, IL 61801
> >> >     > imcbooks at gmail.com <mailto:imcbooks at gmail.com>
> >> >     <mailto:imcbooks at gmail.com <mailto:imcbooks at gmail.com>>
> >> >     > 217.344.8820
> >> >     > www.ucimc.org <http://www.ucimc.org> <http://www.ucimc.org>
> >> >     >
> >> >     >
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> >> >     Brian Duggan
> >> >     Technical Projects Developer
> >> >     UC Independent Media Center
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Joy Davis
> >> > UCIMC Office Manager
> >> > 202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
> >> > Urbana, IL 61801
> >> > imcbooks at gmail.com <mailto:imcbooks at gmail.com>
> >> > 217.344.8820
> >> > www.ucimc.org <http://www.ucimc.org>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brian Duggan
> >> Technical Projects Developer
> >> UC Independent Media Center
> >> http://www.ucimc.org | 309 310 7026
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joy Davis
> > UCIMC Office Manager
> > 202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
> > Urbana, IL 61801
> > imcbooks at gmail.com
> > 217.344.8820
> > www.ucimc.org
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-- 
Joy Davis
UCIMC Office Manager
202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
Urbana, IL 61801
imcbooks at gmail.com
217.344.8820
www.ucimc.org
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