Wht do most FAX machines still have attached (annoying) phones and phone cradles?

I have never seen anyone use an attached fax-phone EVER in an office or home situation. What’s the point of having a phone attached to the fax machine? If I want to make a fax, I use the fax machine. If I need to make a voice call, I have a cell phone or my land-line. These silly things are similar to the equally annoying air-phones on airlines…never seen anyone use one.

some people do not have their fax set to auto receive. in those cases, you initiate the call as a normal voice call, and notify the party on the other end that you need to send a fax and wait for the tones to start. also if you suspect that the receive fax is on a "shared" line, it is only polite to check to see if a person answers the phone instead before sending the tones.