What is Online Fax?
Online fax, also known as email fax and internet fax, is basically a way of sending and receiving documents electronically from a computer to a standard fax machine, or another online fax number. Online fax services are compatible with a number of different digital file formats, but the most commonly used are Word, PDF and JPEG (photos), and the image quality is generally very good, and an improvement on the faded, blurry faxes you often get with standard fax machines. [www.Gofaxgo.com]
Advantages to use Online Fax Service:
Lower Costs
Online fax is generally cheaper to use than standard faxing, which will require a dedicated phone line and specialist equipment, and many online fax services offer a limited number of free faxes (and free fax phone numbers) for low level users, around 20 outgoing faxes per week. Also with online faxes you don’t need to actually print the fax unless you want to, and this can save on paper and toner, especially if you usually receive a large amount of unwanted telesales faxes that waste precious supplies on standard fax machines.Saves Time
Most online fax services allow you to receive multiply electronic faxes at once, so you will longer have any problems with more than one fax incoming at a time, and this makes it easier for your clients to fax you, and also easier for you to when you are sending faxes to other online fax numbers.Reliability
Standard fax technology has also suffered from reliabilities issues, with paper jams, low toner and faxing queues causing all kinds of disruptions to your service, but with online fax you get rid of all these annoying issues, and have a reliable, quick and easy to use faxing service that is available 24/7.Environment Friendly
Toner and paper cause huge drains on the planet’s resources, and so by switching to an online fax service you save on these consumables as you can store your faxes online, and only print them if absolutely necessary and this is much more environment friendly and cost effective.Security
Standard faxes networks are not very secure, and once the fax comes through it will just lie on the machine until you can pick it up. Online faxes are delivered to your designated inbox, which only you can log into, and the services are protected with encryption software to ensure they are sent securely.