Sunday, December 28, 2008

Myfax: An Internet Faxing Alternative to Owning a Fax Machine

By Caressa Waechter

Using faxing to send paperwork from one point to another makes for a very efficient way to send documents. With faxing, you have a quick and convenient way to communicate using normal phone lines. While most can benefit from faxing, not everybody wants, the hassle of owning a fax machine.

It can be real nuisance to own a fax machine. If you want the machine to be able to receive faxes at all times, then it needs it own phone line, which can be expensive. Then you need a place to put the machine itself, and there are maintenance issues you get to deal with. Most people just don't want to have to deal with the issues that come along with owning a fax machine.

Fortunately, there is some great news for those that do not want to hassle with owning a fax machine, but find that they need to use one on occasion. An Internet faxing service allows you the ability to send and receive faxes at your will, but does not require you to actually own a fax machine, or have a phone line dedicated just for your fax machine. You send and receive faxes via the Internet, with a dedicated phone number that is available at all times.

While there are several services that offer online faxing, myfax is one of the better ones. With myfax, you can turn any Internet connected computer into a fully functioning fax machine. Faxes are send and received either via a convenient to use website, via email, or via Microsoft Office programs.

With plans starting at under $10 per month, myfax offers a very cost affective online faxing service. With myfax, you are given the choice of either a toll free or local fax number to receive faxes with, and any faxes are sent via any online computer.

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.

Not being able to sign or edit your faxes online is one downside to the myfax online fax service. This is a feature that some of myfax's competitors have, and it allows you to make changes to your fax documents without needing to have access to a printer.

If you can't quite warrant purchasing a fax machine, but you need to have the ability to send and receive faxes, myfax might be what you are looking for. With their free, 30-day trial, you can give myfax a try and see if online faxing is going to work for you. - 15465

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