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Faxcast
Faxcast is the trade name for a communications system using the VBI (Vertical Blanking Interval) of an analog television signal to broadcast facsimile documents to Group 3 facsimile machines connected to a FAXCAST receiver. Invented in 1987 in the United Kingdom by Vincent Waterson the system went into commercial operation in 1992 with UPI (United Press International) delivering news to foreign embassies.
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