| Should you choose an online fax provider or should | | | | be a lot of paper waste due to junk faxes, wrong |
| you continue to use traditional fax services? You can | | | | numbers, or unwanted faxes when using regular fax |
| usually save money by sending faxes using online fax | | | | machines. Online fax documents can be viewed online, |
| services. Online faxes differ in many ways from | | | | so it's not necessary to print out the whole fax. |
| traditional faxing machines. To use an online fax, you | | | | Traditional fax machines can waste a lot of time while |
| need to sign up for an online fax service provider. | | | | sending documents. Each page must usually be put |
| After signing up, you can send faxes from anywhere | | | | through the machine separately, and then sent to the |
| that you can use a computer. These services can | | | | desired fax number. Sometimes, the fax number is |
| save users time and money when compared to other | | | | busy, and the process must be repeated. Rather than |
| faxing services. Traditional fax machines may run of | | | | waiting for busy fax numbers, the files are usually |
| paper or they may lose pages. Sometimes, pages are | | | | stored on the service provider's servers. It is not |
| unreadable or of poor quality. Internet fax services can | | | | necessary to wait on the line to become available, or |
| eliminate some of the problems associated with | | | | to wait in line for busy fax machines. It is not even |
| traditional fax machines. They can send files more | | | | necessary to have access to a fax machine at all |
| quickly and easily, and it can be more convenient to | | | | with online fax service providers. You will only need to |
| view received faxes with online services, as well. | | | | have a computer and access to the internet in order |
| Traditional faxes need to be printed out and | | | | to send a fax. |
| sometimes photocopied before the pages can be fed | | | | Traditional fax machines use landline phone services |
| through a fax machine. This can be time-consuming, | | | | and need to have a dedicated fax line. Whenever a |
| and it can also diminish the quality of the document, | | | | fax is sent to a long distance fax number, additional |
| resulting in unreadable faxes. The paper in traditional | | | | long-distance fees will be charged. This is not the case |
| fax machines can become jammed or run out of | | | | with online faxes. Many fax services will allow you to |
| paper or ink in the middle of a fax. Whenever a fax is | | | | send faxes to many different locations for the same |
| received on a regular faxing machine, it must be | | | | price. It is usually much cheaper to get a virtual fax line |
| printed out in order to be viewed. With online fax | | | | from an online fax provider to receive faxes, as well. |
| services, it is possible to view faxed documents online, | | | | Faxes can be sent to these numbers and received |
| as an email attachment, or on a cellphone. There may | | | | using email or websites. |
