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Internet faxing: an online service that kills fax machine
By Claudia Walters
Internet faxing: an online service that kills fax machine
Yes, indeed conventional fax machines are dying, and will be out of the business very
soon. We are now living in a digital world - emails, cell phones, instant messenger,
GPRS systems are everywhere, slipping themselves into everybody's life. Ask yourself:
When is the last time you post your mail through the postman? And, when is the last
time you click on that reply or forward button to send out an email? Technology
change, so does our life quality.
Faxing services are quite similar with email. When first email services were introduced,
not much people get hooked on and they still think the posts sent out thru their
office boy are more secure and reliable. But as soon as people find the convenience
of emails ¡the heat just spreads out and affects every single person's life.
Internet faxing, or sometimes known as online faxing, or efax or fax to email or virtual
fax, is a technology that enables you to send out and receive faxes in email forms.
Modern internet services had made faxing easier and faster in a cheaper way
compare to conventional facsimile transmissions. ¡°We are eliminating the need for a
fax machine," says Janice Kapner, director of marketing and corporate
communications at eFax. eFax is one of the pioneer in internet fax business that
offers a free fax-to-e-mail service to more than one million subscribers.
By signing up with eFax services, you will get a real fax number at which you can
receive faxes, which are then forwarded to an e-mail address of your choosing. You
can as well send faxes out to normal fax machine through the service.
Internet faxing has caught the attention of both large and small businesses. More
than 14 billion pages had been sent over IP-based networks in year 2002 and the
number is keep on increasing, yielding more than 20 billion pages sent at the writing
time of this article.
Why internet faxing service is growing this fast? Answer: the cost. Internet faxing
requires less cost compare to conventional fax machine, which required user to buy
fax machine, fax machine toners, extra fax lines ¡and the list goes on. With internet
faxing, you don't have to invest in equipment; you don't need to pay for a dedicated
fax line; you don't have to allocate extra budget to maintain your fax machine.
Often, Internet faxing services require only a flat fee to use. As for eFax, with
subscription fees range from $0 to $19.95/month; you can receive faxes up to 200
pages for free; you can then send out faxes with a low price of $0.10/page; you get
a local or a toll-free number; you get additional services such as voicemail-to-email
services.
Further more, internet fax doesn't give you a 'busy' tone. You can always receive
faxes as it will just drop into your email inbox. Faxes can be received even your PC is
offline or the phone line is being used- it's always on and you will never miss a fax
with internet fax. "The 'always on' aspect of a Web-based fax service means that
numerous faxes can be received simultaneously at the same number," says Leslie
Morgan Nakajima, director of corporate communications at Onebox.com.
Convenience is another plus point for internet faxing. With internet faxing, your faxes
become digital files automatically. This in turns helps you manage your files easily. Just
as other files in your computer, you can now copy, forward, and organize it in your
PC hard disk - simple and clean. With most Internet faxing services, your faxes
become digital files that can be copied, forwarded, and archived. There's no learning
curve for the service, one can just subscribe and start using it to improve your daily
job.
On the other hand, there are a few limitations to Internet fax: You need online
access and a scanner to fax paper documents. That's why Dataquest's other
numbers show traditional faxing sticking around for years to come. However, the
economy and manageability of Internet faxing will allow an increasing number of
savvy home office workers to do without a fax machine.
About the Author
The author, Claudia Walters, is one of the expert writter in office tools and technologies. People are not aware that they can send fax via internet, thus a website is built promoting top rated online faxing services.
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