Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Online Vs Conventional Faxing - Which One To Choose

By Jason Tomlin


Online fax services are a popular, cost-effective, and convenient choice for your work and personal needs. Its popularity can be directly attributed to its inexpensive cost, which is a great asset in this economy. How much do you think you can save with a web-based fax service instead of a traditional fax machine? Are you questioning how your faxing services can be more cost-effective?

Paperless faxing is the major reason. This is a result of it being a computer-based system. Such a service just uses the internet and your email account to provide the fax service. In many ways, it is similar to cloud computing because storage and transfers of documents and faxes takes place online. Such services usually charge a nominal monthly fee.

There are many ways online fax services can be more convenient than traditional faxing and even save you money! You wouldn't have to bother with purchasing papers, inks, or toners, since your new, on-line method would be paperless.

In the old days you had to buy a fax machine and then figure out how to hook it up to your computer. These days you save the money and the hassle of that. All you are using is your regular computer set up. And since everybody already has an on line connection and an email address along with the computer, it is easy and affordable.

The third big expense that is required by conventional faxing is the need of having and maintaining a separate phone line. Online fax services do not need such an expense and do not need to pay your landline bill every month. This tends to collect and grow up during time, being a hassle in the long-term. Expenses are greater when you frequently fax over long distances and in other countries. Through the internet, the need for installing a phone line is removed. In simple words, initial costs credited to online fax services is almost zero and such services usually give a month-long trial period for new customers.

And even those third party servers that store your faxes will often not charge anything in the beginning and will give you a free month trial period to try out their service so you do not even pay anything for that. Pick a plan that is suitable for you and you will be saving even more because of the intangible benefits that come with this method.

For bigger businesses, there are corporate plans that you can customize to your liking and demands. Plus, these services can be adjusted and fine-tuned at any time are your company's needs and requirements grow. With so much flexibility, money can be saved.

Another major advantage online fax services bring to the table are that the user or users do not need to be in the office or a particular location to access this service. Meaning, your fax service is open and accessible around the clock and from anywhere. Such ease can only mean good for your business as there is no need to wait for the service to be available and you can fax anything from anywhere without needing to go to the office to retrieve or send an urgent fax. So with an online fax service, your faxes are within your reach at all times.




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