I have a little experience with this, so I thought I'd start a new thread.
One of the limitations you need to be aware of involves the use of this service to send outgoing fax transmissions.
The service basically assigns a phone number to you that is a "virtual" fax machine. The whole idea is that the party on the other end is not using an e-mail fax system. The party on the other end has a traditional fax machine. So for them, it appears that you are using a fax machine, but you are actually sending and receiving through your e-mail account.
It's great for sending attachments. The system converts the attachments to images on the other end. But what if you need to send something that is actually a piece of paper that is sitting on your desk? How are you going to get that into your e-mail account in order to send it?
You have to scan it first.
So if you don't have a scanner, or the one you have is low quality, slow, or inefficient, this may not be the product for you.
Any service that is free probably doesn't meet sufficient standards for security in this business. And even if it does, you get what you pay for. If you are not paying anything, you have no recourse when the service shuts down, or becomes overloaded, or otherwise fails to meet your needs. I made similar comments about free e-mail accounts a couple months ago.
Still interested? Try the internet host Godaddy at www.godaddy.com.
You don't have to have a hosting account or a website. You can just sign up for e-mail fax service. They give you a dedicated phone number for incoming and outgoing fax that is linked to your e-mail account. It's a little cheaper if you choose a local phone number, but that means local for Godaddy--which means an area code in... well, I think it's Scottsdale, Arizona. For a little bit more money, they offer a toll-free number.
They charge about $12 per month for 100 minutes. On a local number, you use minutes for both incoming and outgoing faxes; with a toll-free number, you use minutes only on incoming faxes... I think.
One of the limitations you need to be aware of involves the use of this service to send outgoing fax transmissions.
The service basically assigns a phone number to you that is a "virtual" fax machine. The whole idea is that the party on the other end is not using an e-mail fax system. The party on the other end has a traditional fax machine. So for them, it appears that you are using a fax machine, but you are actually sending and receiving through your e-mail account.
It's great for sending attachments. The system converts the attachments to images on the other end. But what if you need to send something that is actually a piece of paper that is sitting on your desk? How are you going to get that into your e-mail account in order to send it?
You have to scan it first.
So if you don't have a scanner, or the one you have is low quality, slow, or inefficient, this may not be the product for you.
Any service that is free probably doesn't meet sufficient standards for security in this business. And even if it does, you get what you pay for. If you are not paying anything, you have no recourse when the service shuts down, or becomes overloaded, or otherwise fails to meet your needs. I made similar comments about free e-mail accounts a couple months ago.
Still interested? Try the internet host Godaddy at www.godaddy.com.
You don't have to have a hosting account or a website. You can just sign up for e-mail fax service. They give you a dedicated phone number for incoming and outgoing fax that is linked to your e-mail account. It's a little cheaper if you choose a local phone number, but that means local for Godaddy--which means an area code in... well, I think it's Scottsdale, Arizona. For a little bit more money, they offer a toll-free number.
They charge about $12 per month for 100 minutes. On a local number, you use minutes for both incoming and outgoing faxes; with a toll-free number, you use minutes only on incoming faxes... I think.
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