What is an Online Fax Service?
Online fax service enables you to receive and send fax messages through your email or the website of an online fax provider. This way all your documents are transmitted through the internet, without needing a traditional fax machine. So using this method is very simple and flexible since it only requires a computer and an internet connection.
Sending fax messages through an internet fax service is very easy. After signing in to your online fax account, just type in the message that you want to send (or attach the document file), enter the recipient's information, and hit send.
To receive a fax message, just check your inbox of the email address dedicated to the online fax service through your fax account. Your document could be as a PDF or TIF file attached to your email message.
Advantages of Using Online Fax Services:
Economical: Since you don't have to purchase any extra equipment such as a fax machine or a dedicated phone line, you could save some money. In addition, this method doesn't need any toner or paper, and you could only print those documents that you want. The only cost you'll be charged is the monthly payment for the service which is a lot less than usual traditional faxing costs such as hardware equipment and long distance rates.
Quality: Using an online fax service, you no longer have to try to read low quality documents received through fax machines. These new services let you utilize the high quality technologies to send and receive documents and images wherever you want.
Convenience: Working with online faxes is as easy and fast as working with email messages. Unlike traditional fax services, you could easily transmit multiple fax messages at the same time, meaning that you don't have to wait for one message to be transmitted to start the next one. Moreover, you could easily send or receive from your computer, cell phone, PDA, or etc.