Another thing to remember is you can only send and receive at the speed the modems will connect. Lets say a friend has a 2400 bps and you are flying with a 33,600. You are both talking through a BBS or chat line. Your message will come quickly. Now you are waiting it seems forever.
Nothing is wrong.
Your modem is patiently receiving the reply at 2400 bps. Fax Modems A device you can attach to a personal computer that enables you to sent and receive electronic documents as faxes. A fax modem is like a regular modem except that it is designed to transmit documents to a fax machine or to another computer fax modem. As with regular modems, fax modems can be either internal or external. Internal fax modems are also called fax boards.