Modem Connection w/Q9h

[spcoolin]

Greetings Everyone...First Time Post Here...

I just upgraded from a V3 Razr to a Q9h...My first smartphone...
So I have been reading here for the last few days, and have not come across my issue, but have found a bunch of useful info so far in my looking...Thanks Much...

My main issue is: I would like to make the complete switch to my mobile and cancel my land line/s but before I can do that, I need to be able to use the Q9h as a Fax modem since I run a small A/C business out of my home, and most of my customer billing is done via Fax from Quickbooks Pro....

AT&T tells me I need a "Tethering" package at a cost of between 60 to 85 bucks a month... Not so bad considering I would be saving on the land line costs but here's the deal...The tethering packages that have Internet & text messaging are limited on both (namely a 1500 text limit) and I exceed that every month

From what I understand...The Tethering package allows you to setup the phone as a Modem to connect the PC to the Internet...I don't need that since I have high speed cable access...

What I'm having a hard time understanding or accepting is: Jeeze...It's just a phone call as on a land line...To another land line...Why can that not be done ? (I guess it can with the Tethering package) But all I think I need is to get the PC to recognize the Q9h as a phone modem...not a Internet modem

Does anyone know of software, driver, or a cab file etc..that can solve my dilemma ?

Thanks in advance for any responses..

Steve~

[mexiken]

I'm confused. Do you want the cell phone to make calls through your PC ????

Why don't you just use your phone ???? Is it because of the fax ????

If so, why don't you use your PC as a fax ???? I thought I heard of some programs that use your PC connection as a fax machine.

[spcoolin]

My apologies if I was not clear...

I want to get rid of the land line and go totally mobile phone.

I cannot fax from the PC without a phone line.

In order to use the Q9H as the Fax Modem when connected to the PC, I need it to act as a phone modem to dial and transmit to a fax number...

Yes I want to dial from the PC and pass the data (a invoice) into a fax transmission to be received as a fax on the other end...

Hope that helps

Steve~

[spcoolin]

Hmmm...I just re-read your answer...

You mean Fax thru the Cable Internet connection ?
Wouldn't I need something like Vonage (phone thru cable) for that ?

Never heard of that but I will check into it...Thanks !

But it would still be nice to do it thru the Q9h...Since I connect it to the PC when home anyway...

So if anyone has any suggestions on my original thought....

Thanks...

[mexiken]

I thought I remembered seeing something that would let you fax through DSL or cable connection. Try Googling it or go to downloads.com and see what you can find. Its worth a shot.

[Der Alta]

I think you'd be better served with something like efax.com. You can "purchase" a fax number that allows you to email from your computer to anyones fax machine. They can fax to your number and it shows up as email. (Google "Fax to Email")

When on the road, you can simply log into your email from your Q and read faxes and respond via fax. It does cost "per fax", but you can buy plans as well.

The Q will allow you to connect to the internet (Check out PDAnet for a great deal) and access nearly all you want. It functions more like a DSL modem, not like a Fax modem.

[bobburns]

Get a copy of Winfax 9 or 10. Winfax 9 is also called Talkworks Pro. There is a driver in it to use the cell phone as fax modem. Use the "Cellular (PCS/GSM-Digital)" selection driver as your "active connection".

Set up the phone as a USB Modem. It can then send, receive and in Talkworks pro even act as direct voice mail onto your computer. Winfax 10 does not have Talkworks capabilities - they de-bundled it and tried to sell it separately.

If you get a small cheap scanner or a multi-function printer like a Brother with a built in scanner that will be the scan portion for hard copy faxes and Winfax will recognize it direct as a scanner twain device. If you get program like Paperport that will automatically create a link to Winfax and let you drag and drop almost any graphic file in your PC or laptop on the fax and it will convert it to a fax and send it.

It can even stack up PDF's - Paperport that is - and will send them as multi-page faxes. You can print anything on the computer to a Paperport PDF and fax it - a web page, a Word file, a graphic image - anything that prints. Of course cellular air time still applies.

If you want to use your high speed cable - use Winfax still and set up a network access using something like Vonage for a phone line. You are not saving anything (or gaining freedom) that way though. Texting is just plain expensive morse code - I do not mess with it, and as short hand it's just not practical - but rather an expensive fad. If you want to use it - I have no answer but to got to Sprint's $99.00 unlimited plan.

If you get a "Blackberry type" data plan, (Sprint or Verizon) the Internet is then available unlimited tethered via a USB cable with 450 minutes of voice time - phone time, starting at $79.99 per month and you can drive down the freeway sending or receiving a fax and be on the Internet too - it will just stop working on the Internet until the phone or fax is finished. Texting is of course extra.

You can dial out also - and when you hang up it will re-connect to the Internet - depending on your local and busy network traffic or not. You can receive calls too while on the Internet - likewise it will just stop working until the voice or fax call is finished.

I do this all time and dumped my land line. It's way faster (mechanically) than an actual fax machine and you always have the fax image in the pc along with a log that is printable

Originally Posted by spcoolin

Greetings Everyone...First Time Post Here...

I just upgraded from a V3 Razr to a Q9h...My first smartphone...
So I have been reading here for the last few days, and have not come across my issue, but have found a bunch of useful info so far in my looking...Thanks Much...

My main issue is: I would like to make the complete switch to my mobile and cancel my land line/s but before I can do that, I need to be able to use the Q9h as a Fax modem since I run a small A/C business out of my home, and most of my customer billing is done via Fax from Quickbooks Pro....

AT&T tells me I need a "Tethering" package at a cost of between 60 to 85 bucks a month... Not so bad considering I would be saving on the land line costs but here's the deal...The tethering packages that have Internet & text messaging are limited on both (namely a 1500 text limit) and I exceed that every month

From what I understand...The Tethering package allows you to setup the phone as a Modem to connect the PC to the Internet...I don't need that since I have high speed cable access...

What I'm having a hard time understanding or accepting is: Jeeze...It's just a phone call as on a land line...To another land line...Why can that not be done ? (I guess it can with the Tethering package) But all I think I need is to get the PC to recognize the Q9h as a phone modem...not a Internet modem

Does anyone know of software, driver, or a cab file etc..that can solve my dilemma ?

Thanks in advance for any responses..

Steve~

[mexiken]

Originally Posted by Der Alta

I think you'd be better served with something like efax.com. You can "purchase" a fax number that allows you to email from your computer to anyones fax machine. They can fax to your number and it shows up as email. (Google "Fax to Email")

When on the road, you can simply log into your email from your Q and read faxes and respond via fax. It does cost "per fax", but you can buy plans as well.

The Q will allow you to connect to the internet (Check out PDAnet for a great deal) and access nearly all you want. It functions more like a DSL modem, not like a Fax modem.

You can also just set the phone to work as a modem when plugged into the PC. You can find it under Settings>More>Connections>USB Device Type. It will act like a modem, and you can play around with it from there.