Using Leopards built-in fax

I'm wondering whether the built-in fax facility is going to be useable for me. I don't like this bit from Mac Help:
"The fax is sent as soon as your modem is available. For example, if you’re using your modem to connect to the Internet, the fax is sent after you disconnect from your Internet service provider"
My ADSL router never disconnects from my ISP but I do have another phone line and an old USB modem: will Leopard recognise the external modem and send/receive faxes while connected via another line to my ISP?
Like everyone I guess, fax is not a big part of my comms needs these days so I don't really want to spend money on a full-blown fax application if I can get away with using Leopard fax.
Simon

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