- Can ADSL signal be disrupted by analog fax machine?
- Posted by davidw@sirwynn.plus.com on October 11th, 2006
We are thinking of converting our fax line to carry ADSL but I have
heard that ADSL can be affected by some fax machines. Is this true? I
thought the splitter took care of seperation between analogue and
digital signals.
- Posted by Alastair on October 11th, 2006
<davidw@sirwynn.plus.com> wrote in message
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Many of our clients use their fax lines for ADSL with no problems. I've
heard the same as you, but never seen the problem for myself.
- Posted by ABC on October 11th, 2006
<davidw@sirwynn.plus.com> wrote in message
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problems.
- Posted by Jim Howes on October 11th, 2006
davidw@sirwynn.plus.com wrote:
While I have heard similar, I have never actually seen an example that could not
be explained by defective FAX equipment, defective filters, or outright
stupidity on the part of the user. ADSL on a a properly filtered line should not
be affected by any equipment on the filtered side of the line. Cheap filters
probably contribute here, so get good quality filters. You can also place
multiple filters in series (but make sure you take the ADSL signal from the one
nearest the exchange ;-)
A modern fax machine is just a scanner and printer on top of a cheap modem; our
main ADSL line is shared with an analogue modem without problems. I know of
over 1000 sites around the UK where an ADSL router is plugged into a line, and
the router has a modem strapped to it, also connected to the line, for remote
router configuration purposes.
- Posted by Peter Crosland on October 11th, 2006
I have no problem at all with mine. Always make sure you use a good quality
filter such as those sold by www.adslnation.com .
Peter Crosland
- Posted by Colin Forrester on October 11th, 2006
davidw@sirwynn.plus.com wrote:
There were some postings here a few years ago which named specific fax
machines which were deemed incompatible with ADSL by the manufacturer
(for whatever reason). Have a search.
- Posted by Gaz on October 11th, 2006
"Alastair" <email@address.invalid> wrote in message
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I have seen a line which couldnt pick up faxes once broadband was installed,
strangely it was a BT model fax.... solution was to switch the BB to another
of the lines into the business.
Gaz
