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SMS to FAX gateway
type an SMS msg into your phone, out it comes on someone's fax
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ive only heard of SMS msgs being exchanged between phones. phoneless folks who want to send a msg to a phone can use AT&T's web page. but what about phoneful folks who want to send an SMS to a the phoneless but faxful?

there is a network of free fax servers out there.[STOP] it would be nifty to have short ascii messages roll out of a friend's fax machine.[STOP] almost like a telex! [STOP]

wouldnt it?[PAUSE]


gnormal, Aug 25 2001


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       Doesn't the presence of a fax indicate the presence of a phone?   

       This reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon where D is vying for technological superiority over a co-worker. One of the panels has a fax coming out of his belt.

phoenix, Aug 25 2001
  

       Most SMS providers supply e-mail gateways these days. (In the US, many people "send email from my cell phone" without realizing they're using SMS and a gateway.)   

       There are lots of E-mail to FAX gateways, so there's your bakey. Better yet, just send them an e-mail; FAX machines are dumb.   

       And yeah, who's got a FAX machine but no phone?

egnor, Aug 03 2002
  

       I think this is great. My dad has a mobile phone but it's rarely on and he don't know how to SMS. (he has no computer/email) A fax he can handle! It would be nice to be able to send him 'hellos' now and then.

argdumtrist, Aug 24 2007
  

       FAX? You mean those clunky picturephone thingies they used to have in offices during the medieval era?

kinemojo, Aug 24 2007
  


 
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