Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Myfax Online Faxing: An Inexpensive Alternative to a Fax Machine

By Caressa Waechter

Faxes are a very efficient way to send documents from point A to point B using phone lines. They are a speedy, convenient, and common form of communication. But not everybody wants, or needs, to own a fax machine.

Owning a fax machine can be a real bother. In order to be available at all times to receive faxes, they have to be connected to a dedicated phone line. And if you don't have a good location to keep the machine itself, it can be ugly to look at. For most people, owning a traditional fax machine is more trouble than it is worth.

If you don't want to own a fax machine, but need to use one occasionally, there is some good news. Online faxing gives you the ability to send and receive faxes whenever you want, and does not require that you actually own a fax machine, or pay for a dedicated phone line. You receive your very own fax number and you send and receive your faxes via the Internet.

Myfax is one of the better companies that offers an online faxing solution. Myfax offers a service that brings full fax capabilities to any computer that has access online. Faxes are received via the myfax online interface, our via email. And sending faxes is done via the same online interface, via email, or through popular software programs.

Online faxing with the myfax service is very cost affective, with service starting at under $10 per month. You have the choice of having either a toll free or local fax number which is used to receive faxes, and any computer connected to the Internet can be used to send faxes.

With multiple fax plans to choose from, myfax has an online faxing plan to fit the needs of everyone. And if you end up sending or receiving more pages that what is allocated by your plan, they offer reasonable priced additional pages.

The one drawback to the myfax Internet fax service is that it doesn't have the ability to sign or edit faxes online. Some of its competitors offer this feature, which allows you to make changes to fax documents without needing to print them out.

If you ever have found yourself wanting to send or receive a fax, but you just can't justify purchasing a fax machine, myfax may be the solution you are looking for. Myfax offers a free 30-day trial of their Internet fax service, so you can see if online faxing is the right choice for you. - 16089

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