If you're not sending many faxes just use your machine. It's free. However, if you're sending a lot of faxes - like I'm sending out 20 faxes a day, three pages each I really don't want to sit by my fax machine for 20 three-page faxes.
But even then you could argue "why not." My machine's in my office and I have a separate line so really, it's no biggie to send out those 20 faxes from my machine.
I think it's just a matter of paying for convenience.
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Most (but not all) of my outgoing fax is via Maxemail. All of my incoming fax is with Maxemail.
I ditched the separate line years ago when I went to DSL. Still have a fax hooked up to my incoming line but the fax will not answer. Only use it for the occasional outgoing fax that is not a computer produced document.
If you write your applications on line, use internet fax. You can save the apps on your desktop and fax them directly from there. In Adode, word or excel. No printing, no toner, no paper wasted. Plus you get an email stating that the fax has been sent.
Incoming faxes can be saved to file as well.
Also it only cost around $12 per month for the internet service vs cost of dedicated line. No brainer.
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I burned out my last fax machine 4 years ago and have been using Internet Fax - Fax to Email by MaxEmail.com since. Never once had a problem. And as a free bonus they will give you visual voice mail. I have my phone line configured with Busy-Call-Forwarding option (from phone company) such that if I'm on the phone the call gets forwared to the phone number MaxEmail gave me for faxing and it recognizes that it is voice and plays my recorded message and will take your message and email me a .wav file immediately upon your hang-up so I can listen to you.
For paper forms and apps, I scan them into PDF (or .doc... Max takes a ton of different formats... PDFs seem to work best for me) and upload them to Max. (You can also fax right out of your email client as well.... pop in the persons fax number and append maxemail's URL and attach your file and send it. Quick and simple.
John,
Are you using rapidfax or myfax? I see you have a link to both on your blog. Looks like rapidfax offers a few more features and is a better value.
And do I understand if you are sending out the same document to several different prospects you can store them and send them out in bulk?
What are the pros and cons of ditching my fax machine and separate phone line and going to an internet fax service like myfax or rapidfax?
When I have an app to fax I just pop it in the machine, dial and hit send. Is internet faxing any simpler? Or is it just cheaper?
Thanks for your feedback.
I use RingCentral for ALL incomming and half of my outgoing faxes. I use my old machine for outgoing if I'm in the office and if it saves me from scanning.
I have used myfax.com for about two years. Never had a problem. At $9.95 a month (with a toll-free #) it's much cheaper than the cost of another phone line.
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I have used myfax.com for about two years. Never had a problem. At $9.95 a month (with a toll-free #) it's much cheaper than the cost of another phone line.
You guys that change Avatars daily ( like your diapers), don't realize what impression it leaves a month down the road when someone pulls up an old thread. What may be cute today, may be absurd tomorrow.
I'm all for humor, but this has gotten out of hand.
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I used EFAX or JFAX for years. Tons of problems. Faxes did not send correctly, some received were corrupt. Support was clearly in India and impossible to get issues resolved - very frustrating.
Plan was "FREE" until I started using it and they kept jacking the prices based on usage. I felt "stuck" since the fax number they assigned was floating around. They jacked me up to around $40/mo give or take even AFTER I paid a "annual" subscription - complete joke, I finally threw in the towel.
I use ACCESSLINE for my TOLL FREE - you can buy a toll free, login online and on the fly tell it what number to ring. AccessLine Communications
The reason I find this important is so your EFAX provider doesn't hijack your toll free number when you switch to another provider.
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