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Making the most of a dumb fax switcher box in the old days

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79 points bertman | 2 comments | 02 Sep 25 06:17 UTC | HN request time: 1.455s | source
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buttocks ◴[05 Sep 25 14:14 UTC] No.45138851[source]▶
In case you think fax is now ancient history, there are tens of millions of faxes still crossing the PSTN every day. Fax is alive and well!
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1. throwaway-blaze ◴[05 Sep 25 15:25 UTC] No.45139664[source]▶
In Japan they are still widely used by businesses of all types. In the US, I see them routinely in doctor's offices for transmitting signed orders etc.
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2. bombcar ◴[05 Sep 25 18:53 UTC] No.45142234[source]▶
In many, MANY workflows a fax is considered "as good as it gets" for a signed copy of a document.

The same thing scanned and sent over email? Many not so much.