Dump Your Fax Machine, Send Faxes Online
by Todd Snyder
Published on this site: December 23rd, 2005 - See
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Tired of paying for a fax line and maintaining your fax machine?
There’s a better way to send and receive faxes using
internet fax services.
Internet fax services enable you to receive faxes in your
e-mail and to send faxes. One of the most popular internet
fax services is eFax, which has over 9,000,000 users. But
not all fax services are created equal. Here are some things
to consider:
- Does the fax service provide a toll free or local phone
number? Are there extra charges for receiving faxes on your
toll free number?
- How many faxes can you send and receive for your monthly
fee?
- In what format are faxes sent? Are they delivered as
.pdf files in your e-mail or do you have to view them in
proprietary software?
In order to decide which internet fax service is best for
you, consider how many faxes you send and receive each month.
Some services are best for heavy fax users, while others,
like TrustFax, offer great plans for light fax users. Many
of the online fax services offer free trials so you can try
before you buy. Most services charge month-to-month and you
can typically cancel at any time.
Although fees vary, you can expect to pay $5-$20 per month.
You are allowed a certain number of pages. If you go over
your page allotment you can expect to pay 10 cents for each
additional page received.
With the advent of e-mail and attachments, many people predicted
that the fax was doomed. But it turns out it was merely the
fax machine that was doomed. Today, business use internet
fax services to send and receive faxes almost as frequently as they used a standard fax machine a decade ago.
One often overlooked benefit of internet faxing is that you
don’t have to print out every fax you get. You can view
faxes on your computer and decide which ones you want to print
or delete.
It’s a good idea to review the many internet fax companies
before pulling out your credit card. With a little research
you will hopefully find the best one to meet your faxing needs.
Todd “Fax Guy” Snyder reviews internet fax
services at
http://www.fax.info
http://Fax.info
reviews many of the best internet fax services and tells you
which one is best for you.
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