ms office 2007 a rip off by ms ?

[billgoss7]

Don't get me wrong most of the 2007 package that I have worked with is good to great. But take a look at what ms has done with faxing. In XP you can not fax using telephone lines anymore--you must use the internet (this guy Valentine has got to be an employee of ms).

When you use the internet, you must hire a fax service to deliver the fax to its destination over the telephone lines--I wonder if the fax services are paying a "reference fee" to ms.

I have searched the net for days and there are many people who have run into the same problem I am having, but I have not seen any solution.

This Valentine character claims that using phone lines is "old fashioned" but it just irks me to have to pay a fax service ($5 to $10 a month ) for something that I had with the old fashioned XP system.

I had a similar experience with IIS two years back in that all the solutions to installing fixes to it were gone.

[Solomon]

I'm in the same situation as you, I can send faxes via my psc2210 since I'm in full unbundling! Have you had an answer to your problem from a different angle? if so thank you for giving me your opinion on the matter. I am now currently doing research on this topic.

[billgoss7]

If you listen to Russ Valentine, he will probably get you to switch to using Fax services ($5 - $10 a month).

What is frustrating to me is that up until I installed Office 2007 my fax was working perfectly. Since installing O 2007, I lost all of my previous faxes and had to hire a fax service ($6/month) so that in Valentine's opinion, this is an upgrade!!!!!!!!

I have searched the web for 4 or 5 days, finding many people who have run into the same or similar problems, and Russ Valentine keeps telling them to hire a fax service so that they can send their faxes on the internet and have the fax service send the faxes down the telephone lines. You would almost think that he is a salesman for fax services.

His solution, if that is what you want to call it, is a step backwards, if you ask me--the only people profiting are the fax services and perhaps MS and Valentine.

If anyone has a real solution to the problem, I would love to hear from them.

[Sam.D]

Hello there, anyways thanks for the information that the ones you mentioned give good solutions. But, what is the need to mention it over there. I am not able to understand that is why. Nobody asked about the same. Well, thanks once again.

[billgoss7]

Could you please state your point so that it makes sense?