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by ssl-3 819 days ago
Have we forgotten about T.38[1]? It is designed just to let analog fax machines/modems send documents over IP.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.38

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But only fax, and it's basically a software version of what I suggested above. It isn't actually a modem of any kind, it's basically the equivalent of sending a fax via sip messages. The closest we have is iaxmodem which does actually work for low baud faxes, but it's no DSP emulation for higher speeds, even if the line was good enough.