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Choosing The Right Online Fax Service
We know that there are many fax services online but down to it, you are only going to sign up to one. So how to make sure that you are choosing the right company that will be responsible for managing you online faxes?
Different people have different approaches. Some of us my decide to go for the cheapest while others may decide to go with service quality. Down to it when it comes to faxing, we should learn to focus on service quality.
You want to make sure that your faxes goes through with minimal delay. You want to make sure that the fax you receive is readable.
Now, i'm not trying to promote any specific fax service here but please keep in mind that those companies providing good quality online fax service are already dirt cheap. So don't be a cheapskate because you will end up with what you have paid for!
i just replied to the previous topic and i might as well say it again here. for affordable quality faxes, you could try out 101fax.com. pay-per-use is a specialty, but they offer monthly plans as well.
good luck with your search!
"Now, i'm not trying to promote any specific fax service here but please keep in mind that those companies providing good quality online fax service are already dirt cheap. So don't be a cheapskate because you will end up with what you have paid for!"
You're right. It's a lot like hosting. Great services are already out at very cheap proces but for some reason we all way to save a couple more bucks per month and then wonder why the fax doesn't arrive (or the email in the case of the hosting provider).
If it's important - pay a little extra and get a solid provider.
Chris
Metro Hi Speed internet fax services for any sized business.
The Email to Fax solution from Sundial Telecom would be ideal for you. For sending faxes there is no monthly fee, you just pay for what you use. It's easy to use as you only need to send an email to with the document you need to be faxed attached, put the fax number in the subject line and send it. There is even an online fax composer for simple faxes where you can just type the content in a webform & add the fax number. If you use the voucher code FAXBEEP when you create an account you'll get a FREE trial where you can send about 5 fax pages at no cost to yourself. More information is available at www.sundialtele.com. If you're based outside the UK it won't help much with inbound faxes unfortunately.
I'm new to this forum.... but I thought I'd share this with you....
We had a need for company wide faxing a bit ago - our server died and our fax machines could not handle our traffic - we started looking at services and quickly realized that we did not trust the security or reliability of one of the for-free/nearly free services). A friend recommended me to reach out to www.desktopFAXservice.com.
It seems that they are not a faxing company, but rather, help business determine which fax company to go to.
They asked us about our faxing needs and special requirements (we needed FTP or XML, and international access) and the directed us to one of the larger business type faxing service. They helped get us a pretty good deal, helped us move our fax numbers to the service, and pretty much babysat the entire process.
They apparently function like my insurance broker did (she got all of the info about our needs, figured out which company would be best and he helped us get onto State Farm.) Also, like my agent, there was no charge for the service, so I guess they rely on making sure the customers remain happy...
The people at desktopfaxservice claimed to be in the business for many years... and asked me a number of questions that I would have never thought to ask (did we want to connect our faxing to Active Directory, did we need end of day reporting, etc.)... I'd used efax personally in the past but I never heard of some of the features they were asking about.
Their web site says that to work with them, you need to be doing 1000 faxes a month or more, so they clearly dont want the little guy (we were doing 20 times that!)
I was relieved to have someone else do a lot of the leg work and investigations.... very happy with them (so are the two friends I've sent to them in the past month).
Any questions.. let me know
OK - here's my question ...
How long have you been working for www.desktopfaxservice.com?
Chris
Metro Hi Speed Internet fax services.
I don't.
I've been working for about 9 years for a mid-sized real estate holdings company in IT and communications.
I also manage community gardens and CSA's (community supported agriculture).
Why do you ask?
Ron