Online Fax

Why Switch to Internet Fax?

1. Faxing over the Internet is secure, convenient, and easy.
2. No need to work with fax machines. Send and receive faxes directly from your computer. Print out only what you need.
3. Save money on supplies. No paper, no ink.
4. Get free faxing online for 30 days. You can send and receive 300 to 500 faxes during the trial.

Work More Efficiently With Online Fax Services

Whether you have a home or work office, online fax services are an efficient and cost-effective way to send and receive documents. Like email, internet fax services use the Internet to transmit faxes. You choose a digital fax service provider, select a monthly plan and set up an account. The quick, easy and efficient online faxing process streamlines office productivity and promotes a green work environment.

How Online Faxing Works

With electronic faxing, you can either create a document on your computer or scan a hard copy document to your computer. Email fax service providers typically accept all types of document formats. When you’re ready to send a fax, type in the recipient’s phone number, add a brief note, select the document file and send the fax. An email confirms the fax was sent. When a fax is sent to you, it is delivered to your inbox as an email with an attachment.

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Online Fax Benefits

When compared to traditional fax methods, online faxing services save time and money. Here’s a look at the immediate benefits online faxing provides:

Equipment Savings. Since internet fax services use your computer and the Internet to send and receive documents, you save on purchasing or leasing a fax machine and installing a dedicated phone line. Online faxing uses your existing broadband or high speed DSL connection.

Lower Office Costs. With online faxing, office costs are immediately lowered since expenses for paper, ink and fax machine maintenance are eliminated.

Better budgeting. With a fax online service, one low monthly rate replaces fluctuating monthly phone bills dictated by measured, long distance, or international charges for faxes sent and received, as well as fees associated with a dedicated fax line. Online fax service providers offers various plans depending on how many faxes you send and receive a month. Plans are also geared for those who fax regularly overseas.

Saves on Storage Space. The need for storage space for paper faxes is minimized since online faxes are stored in an electronic file that can be password protected either on your computer’s hard drive, online in your fax account, on a backup drive, or other online storage method of your choosing.

More Efficient Work Flow. Online fax eliminates standing over a fax machine to send a fax and manually filing away paper faxes.

Getting Started With Online Fax Services

If you currently use traditional fax methods, you can arrange to keep your same fax number when transferring to an internet fax provider. An additional charge for the number transfer may apply. Online fax providers differ in plans and costs, so consider your needs when making your selection. Some things to consider are:

• the monthly rate versus how many pages can be sent and received each month (unlike telephone providers who base charges on the amount of time it takes to send or receive a fax, online fax service providers charge on a monthly per page basis).
• fee charged for going over your monthly page limit.
• how many faxes can be stored on your online fax account and for how many days.
• fee charged for going over the monthly storage limit.
• destinations included in monthly fee (most online fax service providers include transmitting faxes to the U.S., Canada and Mexico in their monthly rate).
• international charges for sending faxes overseas.

Online fax service providers have no contracts or termination fees, so you can switch providers at any time if you are not pleased with the service or find a lower rate. This feature also enables you to try out online faxing and determine first-hand the benefits it brings to your home or work office.

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