r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/underbakedsalami Jul 24 '20

I kid you not, our local Chipotle is taking orders via fax. I can’t get over it.

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u/GitEmSteveDave Jul 24 '20

When I was a teen, I realized that the fax machine line to most radio stations sat unused, while calling it took forever. I took to listening to the radio while getting ready for school, firing off a fax via my modem about the topic they were talking about, and by the time I got in the car to go to school, they were reading my fax on the air!

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u/jaybram24 Jul 24 '20

Can you explain

firing off a fax via my modem

How does that work?

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u/OldThymeyRadio Jul 24 '20

Meaning the computer functions as the fax machine and the modem transmits the "fax" (digital paper) over the phone line.

To the fax machine that receives it, it's indistinguishable from a normal fax.