What the FoIP?

March 9, 2009

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Am I the only one muttering expletives as yet another fax fails to transmit via Fax Over Internet Protocol?  Is anyone else out there in techno-geek-land perplexed as to why we are STILL living in a world of imperfect IP faxing in 2009?

The fact of the matter is that although much improvement has been made in SIP trunking and User Agent configuration, the reliability of fax transmissions via FoIP has stagnated.  For approximately every 10 pages faxed via FoIP, 2 pages will likely fail to transmit.

This isn’t just annoying, it is actually preventing some companies from taking the IP plunge.  Time for the industry to put a bit more effort into standardizing fax over IP.  After all these years, some might think that the carriers are purposely sabatoging FoIP, and thereby slowing the adoption of SIP and other forms of VoIP.

While plenty of companies offer robust IP faxing solutions, there is still a hole in the industry where IP Faxing should be.  Whatever the excuse, the time for reliable faxing should have come long ago.

So, what the FoIP?

Written by Todd · Filed Under Telecom, VoIP/SIP 

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One Response to “What the FoIP?”

  1. Matt on March 11th, 2010 3:33 pm

    Hey, it’s 2010, and we have a 22% failure rate on incoming faxes, using our new FOIP-based fax server. That means my server fails on 2.2 out of every ten!

    Woo hoo! I one-upped you! :)

    Ever find a fix?

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