Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Benefits Of Using Internet Fax Services

By Jim Banard

Did you know that you can use your computer to send faxes to any fax machine just like you would an email? There are fax service companies that provide this service at a fraction of the cost of maintaining a fax machine.

If you subscribe to an internet fax service, you are able to send or get faxes from any computer, anywhere in the world! The only thing you need is a computer with an internet connection and an email ID from an internet fax service provider.

Nowadays there are several companies offering web faxing services. Most of these companies provide a paid service and a free service. The difference between these two is that if a customer needs to utilize all the features of an online fax service he/she needs to subscribe to a paid fax messaging service. Free services are offered with various limitations such as only receiving faxes or sending a limited number of faxes.

Using an internet fax service is very simple and easy. It is as easy as sending an email.

When you sign up with an internet fax service provider, you are given a phone number. Anyone can send a fax to that number.

You also create an email id with the service provider so that you can send and receive faxes. This is what you log into, to send a fax and is also where your faxes are delivered.

When you send a fax, the service provider has software that will instantly convert the fax into an email or keep it as a fax, and deliver it to the recipient's inbox or fax machine.

A big advantage of a service like this is that it eliminates waiting lines you might have at your company's fax machine. There is no waiting. A service like this can receive faxes at the same time. Your entire corporation could all send a fax at the same time! Also, with the very low monthly fee, this is a big money saver over a traditional fax machine with toner and maintenance costs.

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