Uses for a 56K fax modem?

[RA40]

Cleaning the closet and came across an unwrapped one I bought as a spare wayyyy back. Do these things have any use in this day?

 

[Alaric Darconville]

Cleaning the closet and came across an unwrapped one I bought as a spare wayyyy back. Do these things have any use in this day?

Faxes still have a place in the business world-- and a lot of government agencies like the SSA and CDC use them on a daily basis.

 

[Galiphrey]

Well, I still see them on the shelves with price tags a-danglin', so someone must still have a use. Maybe you should mount it in a frame and hang it on the wall. That's what I'd do.

 

[LEDAdd1ct]

I use mine for this and my family and I absolutely love it.

 

[StarHalo]

I leave a 56K installed in my PC just as a backup; should your regular provider drop their connection, or you just forget to pay the bill, it's a small insurance policy.

 

[Lynx_Arc]

used to be it cost $50 a month for high speed internet and dialup was $15-$25 but now entry level DSL prices are just as cheap and 10 times as fast

 

[Armed_Forces]

Doorstop?

 

[LukeA]

Paperweight?

Target?

 

[RA40]

I thought about the fax uses. Many places have an e-mail contact so sending documents is fairly easy. I dunno how the net works WRT access numbers these days. I know it would be slow. Hmm...did a quick search and there seems to be plenty of providers still having dial-up access...interesting.

If you were to lose your home access, what would you do?

 

[gorn]

Fax is the only use mine gets. Most companies will send you documents via email, but there are still some companies that "have rules" against emails and require a fax. Other than that they have no use for me at all.