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Re: [MMUSIC] T.38 (Re: M-line philosophy (Re: Wisdom sought: Prioritization of codecs))

Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com> Sun, 25 November 2012 19:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: [MMUSIC] T.38 (Re: M-line philosophy (Re: Wisdom sought: Prioritization of codecs))
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Stefan said:

> I don't think this goes for fax, I think fax these days is only used by 
> certain (few) organizations and only for certain types of communication.
> 
> But if you think differently, please make a proposal on the rtcweb mail list!

[BA]  Given the steep decline in landlines, POTS is on the road to becoming economically non-viable by the end of the decade, if not sooner.   Once POTS shuts down, the legal and regulatory requirements which prop up the use of fax will need to be re-thought.  IMHO given the bleak future of fax, supporting it in WebRTC is not worth the effort. 

BTW, support for RFC 4733 (DTMF) is now required in draft-ietf-rtcweb-audio-01 instead of  RFC 4734 (Fax, Modem and Text Telephony) which was cited (mistakenly) in -00.   

Bernard "Spent several hours debugging T.38 last week" Aboba

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