KD> My question is... If they can make a modem with FAX, why not one without
KD> it?
KD> Would the difference in price be worth not having FAX?
If you compare the cost of modems with FAX vs those without FAX, you can see 
that the cost is $0-$5.  The vast majority of features share the same 
hardware.
Would you build separate TV sets that didn't get channel 7, just because some 
people don't like watching the shows on channel 7?
KD> For a Sysop, (and one that runs a multi-line, multi-computer BBS) FAX is
KD> not a issue... No one really needs it....   
*NO ONE*?  Tell that to the millions of FAXes that move around the globe each 
day.  If you don't need to send or receive FAXes, then don't.  But you'll 
never get companies to re-design existing modems just to *REMOVE* a feature 
that they already have built into them.
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