{"id":7635,"date":"2022-11-01T16:39:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/01\/fax-for-the-memories-ofcom-backs-death-warrant-for-80s-office-staple\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T16:39:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:39:24","slug":"fax-for-the-memories-ofcom-backs-death-warrant-for-80s-office-staple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/01\/fax-for-the-memories-ofcom-backs-death-warrant-for-80s-office-staple\/","title":{"rendered":"Fax for the memories: Ofcom backs death warrant for 80s office staple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Communications watchdog supports removal of fax services from rules governing telecoms provision<\/p>\n

For 20 years, the fax machine\u2019s beeping, static-strewn screech was the sound of the future. But the pace of technology is pitiless: like carrier pigeons, portable cassette players and videocassette recorders, the fax machine is finally an official relic of the past.<\/p>\n

The death sentence was handed down on Tuesday in the form of Ofcom\u2019s announcement that it was minded to back the government\u2019s decision to remove the requirement for fax services under the Universal Service Order (USO) legislation. These are the rules that ensure phone services are available to people across the UK at an affordable price.<\/p>\n

Julia Roberts and Matthew Perry indulged in some heavy-duty flirting over fax prior to Roberts appearing on Friends in 1996. \u201cThere was a lot of flirting over faxing,\u201d said Friends co-creator Kevin Bright. \u201cShe was giving him these questionnaires like, \u2018Why should I go out with you?\u2019 And everyone in the writers\u2019 room helped him explain to her why.\u201d The technology seems to have worked: the couple dated from 1996 to 1997.<\/p>\n

Dolly Parton still uses a fax machine as her primary mode of communication.<\/p>\n

In 2011, Prince William and Kate Middleton sent out their wedding invites by fax. Courtiers told the press that faxing was the most efficient way of sending out the invites across the world.<\/p>\n

Camille Paglia and Julie Burchill engaged in what must be history\u2019s most vitriolic fax war in 1993 when Paglia was asked to review Burchill\u2019s book for the Modern Review. Burchill had previously given Paglia\u2019s own book a bad review, so Paglia refused. This spiralled into the pair duelling via fax, with Burchill calling Paglia \u201cpathetic\u201d and Paglia firing back that Burchill was \u201ca sheltered, pampered sultan of slick, snide wordplay, without direct experience of life of any kind\u201d, who nobody had even heard of outside England. The faxes were later published in the Modern Review by the then editor, Toby Young, who, in doing so, also incurred Paglia\u2019s wrath<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stephen Hawking<\/a> sent a fax to the music and fashion magazine the Face<\/a> in 1995 in response to them asking for the formula for time travel. Hawking replied, via his personal assistant: \u201cThank you for your recent fax. I do not have any equations for time travel. If I had, I would win the national lottery every week.\u201d<\/p>\n

When David Bowie told Laurie Anderson he thought she could read minds, her response was: \u201cYou know, I\u2019m pretty sure I can\u2019t.\u201d But Bowie was convinced and had the musician randomly fax him pictures she had drawn to see if they matched up with his own. Apparently they did.<\/p>\n

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\nCommunications watchdog supports removal of fax services from rules governing telecoms provision
\nFor 20 years, the fax machine\u2019s beeping, static-strewn screech was the sound of the future. But the pace of technology is pitiless: like carrier pigeons, portable cassette players and videocassette recorders, the fax machine is finally an official relic of the past.
\nThe death sentence was handed down on Tuesday in the form of Ofcom\u2019s announcement that it was minded to back the government\u2019s decision to remove the requirement for fax services under the Universal Service Order (USO) legislation. These are the rules that ensure phone services are available to people across the UK at an affordable price.
\nJulia Roberts and Matthew Perry indulged in some heavy-duty flirting over fax prior to Roberts appearing on Friends in 1996. \u201cThere was a lot of flirting over faxing,\u201d said Friends co-creator Kevin Bright. \u201cShe was giving him these questionnaires like, \u2018Why should I go out with you?\u2019 And everyone in the writers\u2019 room helped him explain to her why.\u201d The technology seems to have worked: the couple dated from 1996 to 1997.
\nDolly Parton still uses a fax machine as her primary mode of communication.
\nIn 2011, Prince William and Kate Middleton sent out their wedding invites by fax. Courtiers told the press that faxing was the most efficient way of sending out the invites across the world.
\nCamille Paglia and Julie Burchill engaged in what must be history\u2019s most vitriolic fax war in 1993 when Paglia was asked to review Burchill\u2019s book for the Modern Review. Burchill had previously given Paglia\u2019s own book a bad review, so Paglia refused. This spiralled into the pair duelling via fax, with Burchill calling Paglia \u201cpathetic\u201d and Paglia firing back that Burchill was \u201ca sheltered, pampered sultan of slick, snide wordplay, without direct experience of life of any kind\u201d, who nobody had even heard of outside England. The faxes were later published in the Modern Review by the then editor, Toby Young, who, in doing so, also incurred Paglia\u2019s wrath.
\nStephen Hawking sent a fax to the music and fashion magazine the Face in 1995 in response to them asking for the formula for time travel. Hawking replied, via his personal assistant: \u201cThank you for your recent fax. I do not have any equations for time travel. If I had, I would win the national lottery every week.\u201d
\nWhen David Bowie told Laurie Anderson he thought she could read minds, her response was: \u201cYou know, I\u2019m pretty sure I can\u2019t.\u201d But Bowie was convinced and had the musician randomly fax him pictures she had drawn to see if they matched up with his own. Apparently they did. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Communications watchdog supports removal of fax services from rules governing telecoms provision For 20 years, the fax machine\u2019s beeping, static-strewn screech was the sound of the future. But the pace of technology is pitiless: like carrier pigeons, portable cassette players and videocassette recorders, the fax machine is finally an official relic of the past. The …<\/p>\n

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