Fax machine on cable line

[Pub]

Morning all,

Great forum by the way, very informative.

I have taken on a new job where I'll be working from home and as part of my home office I want to connect a fax machine to my home Virgin media (telewest) phone line.

Will a normal fax machine work on this line? Also I need to extend the line to go upstairs, will I just use a normal phone line extension kit?

Thanks.

[Stuart]

:welcome: to the forum.

Yes, you can use BT extension reels.

As for the fax, AFAIK, you can (I certainly had no trouble using a modem on my then Cable and Wireless line).

[Pub]

Thats great, just wasnt sure if there would be a problem with faxing,

another quick question (sorry to be a pain), can I get a second line installed with Telewest??

[Rhyming Obituary]

Yes additional lines are on offer in both ex-ntl and ex-telewest areas.

[dilli-theclaw]

I have a fax machine here at home (virgin) and it works fine.

[alanferrier]

I want to use the fax facility on my xp laptop and wi fi broadband but I get a no ring tone message. nor can I get a ringtone with the cable connected to the belkin router.Any thingI can do.
regards Alan ferrier

[chickendippers]

You need to connect your computer's (usually in-built) modem to a phone socket.

[Nifty]

also you have to make sure the polarity is correct down the line.

[m419]

Thats great, just wasnt sure if there would be a problem with faxing,

another quick question (sorry to be a pain), can I get a second line installed with Telewest??

It shouldnt cost no more than £25 to install, BT would charge you £122 for an additional line.

I have used fax machines on Cable lines and never had a problem. To be honest, business phone companies such as Verizon(MCI Worldcom) and Colt use similar phone systems as the cable companies and most businesses have fax machines so dont see why the should offer phone services that cant take faxes! If a telephone line can take dial up internet,im sure it will take faxes.

[BenMcr]

Additional Line installs are standard costs. So £30 normally £60 for early mornings & Saturdays

[Raistlin]

People really need to read the whole thread before responding :erm: