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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by zandert on Thursday December 18, 2025 @03:46AM (#46310305)
That's super cool, how do you run it? Are you using some other service under the hood, and just abstract their annoying pricing model?
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by pjc50 on Thursday December 18, 2025 @05:31AM (#46311012)
It used to be possible to do this with a faxmodem; these days telephony is over IP, so there might be telco APIs for it. But, because it's a telco, that will be annoying and hidden.

UK: OFCOM are phasing out the fax support requirement https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/telecoms-infra...

(I slightly balked at the $5 initial price, but then realized: this is a desperation fee and I think for a lot of the users a clear fee for a clear one off service is the best deal. Anyone who wants to send 1,000 faxes will (a) be in the top 1% of fax users in their country if it's not Japan and (b) make their own arrangements. Also patio11's "charge more")

Software wise, if you have a PBX line (which the telco will change for) you can run Asterix and then https://www.asterisk.org/products/add-ons/fax-for-asterisk/ to send as many faxes as you like to the other person in your country with a fax machine.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by randallsquared on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:44AM (#46311524)
Why would you need a PBX line to send faxes with Asterix? You'd just need a normal phone line with a plan that includes free ("long distance") calling to the whole country, right?
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by birdman3131 on Thursday December 18, 2025 @08:59AM (#46312741)
https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/programmable-fax/send-a-f... I use Telnyx. (Mainly because I also use them for voice.)
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by rsanek on Thursday December 18, 2025 @08:00AM (#46312111)
https://www.pamfax.biz/en/developers/introduction/

https://developers.ringcentral.com/fax-api

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by skwee357 on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:33AM (#46313887)
Yes, I use another service + add a ton of stuff on top related to reliability, payments, and file formats. However, I have toyed with the idea of implementing my own fax sending. Maybe when I will be able to live off my side projects, I will explore this idea further.
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