FoIP T. 38

FoIP (Fax over Internet Protocol) is a method of sending faxes over the Internet or via your Wide Area Network. FoIP changes the transmission method of faxing in much the same way that VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) changes the transmission method of a phone call.

In both FoIP and VoIP, data travels most of the distance between the sending and the receiving devices on a packet-switched network, often avoiding the long-distance phone lines of the telephone network. This reduces the transmissions costs and can be a more efficient setup for a business that already has access to Internet or a Wide Area Network.
It is a common misconception that all the fax transmissions from end to end are conducted over IP. Unless you are sending messages within the organisation this will not generally be the case; you will need to switch out through your PSTN gateways to send to the recipient fax machine.

• Easy to configure and to monitor via a secure web based administration interface
• It uses the backbone of the Internet for fax communications
• Consolidating voice, data and fax communications under one system
• Cost savings via reduced long distance and international toll charges, analog fax ports and PBX related costs
• Low PBX maintenance fees, as maintenance costs of PBX station ports are much higher than those of routers.
• Low operating costs resulting from combining all communications modes, including fax, into a single network topology
• Enhanced disaster preparedness as VoIP network architecture enables the location of the server to be independent from the user, allowing for a consolidation of fax servers down to one or two strategically located data centers