Does anyone know if I were to run a fax for my business on Optus does it need a 'special' phoneline?
The reason I ask is that I'm interested in the $99 business fusion with unlimited phonecalls which I plan to run my fax on.
The dumbasses at Optus reckon I need a dedicated fax line , as faxes are not 'compatible'with the Optus line. Thing is, I have the same $99 fusion plan at home and I can send/receive faxes fine.
I posted the same question at Whirlpool with not 1 answer, almost every thread there is a whinge of some kind.

any techs here know?

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Why get a dedicated fax line? Telstra can supply a 'pseudo' fax number to you, so when a fax is sent to that DDI, Telstra convert it into an email and push it to an address of your choosing.

It's just the sending part which would be a problem .. If it's just to recieve, the above solution works good. We run these services at work.

I need to send and receive faxes
This line will be used for send/receive faxes as well as phonecalls. I am with Hellstra currently but phonecalls interstate and to mobiles are costing $$$. That's why I'm keen on the fusion plan with unlimited calls

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The inlaws have 2 numbers on the 1 line.
when someone rings the fax line (or faxes the fax line rather) it rings a different distinctive ring. Most fax machines can be set to only answer this type of ring.

Hope that helps slightly

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Balls.

Optus Fusion is a ULL connection.

Your phone it removed from the Telstra Copper Network.

Optus cant provide all the same features that telstra can.

Its a big pain to move from Optus ULL back to PSTN as well.

thanks but that's gone waaaaay over my head
so can I send/receive faxes over a ULL connection?
how come I can do faxes no probs at home on a fusion plan?

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uh, in short, do you have a copper line into the house that this connection will run on?, if so, it should work fine

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pretty sure it just looks like voice to the carrier, shouldnt be an issue

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Technically its still on Telstras copper network and part of the PSTN, it just gets redirected through optus gear at the exchange end.

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so in simple Joe Blow language

There is no problem sending/receiving faxes if I were to swiitch from Telstra to Optus Fusion?

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