The answer will mainly depend on your own faxing needs or requirements. How much faxing do you plan to do? What types of faxing services do you need? Will you be only receiving faxes? Will you be only sending faxes? Will you need both functions? Will you need a fax broadcasting service?
Perhaps the first question you have to ask yourself: Do you need Internet fax at all? Some people like to keep their businesses 9 to 5, weekdays only, please don't bother me after working hours or on the weekend. If you want your faxing strictly confined to your office, during office hours on your old fax machine, then Internet fax is probably not for you!
On the other hand, if you want your business or company to be able to receive and send faxes 24/7 - 365 days of the year, then you should check out the different Internet faxing services.
There are many Internet fax services available to the consumer. Some of the better known ones are MyFax, eFax, Send2Fax and TrustFax. All these email fax services have different plans and features. They also have different rates and fees, so it pays to shop around and check out each before you sign-up to any one fax provider.
Each fax service provider has slightly different ways of sending and receiving faxes. They all use email and the Internet. Some have a free desktop application download that sits on your desktop. Most can be used with Windows Outlook and Windows Office. Most or all have a Web Interface, online website where you can access your Internet fax account to send or check your faxes. Most also provide storage space if you wish to keep your faxes online.
Almost all are completely flexible and scalable to meet all corporate faxing requirements. They can be customized to any size organization or business. Fax broadcasting, where you send a fax to a large numbers of recipients, is offered by most online fax services including the ones mentioned here.
And obviously, all supply you with a local or toll-free fax number.
What Internet fax service is right for you depends mainly on your own personal needs. Are your faxing needs very minimum or do you do a lot of faxing? The answer will usually determine which faxing service you go with. Of course, you must also check out customer support, service reliability and the overall quality of the fax service you are signing up for. But you knew that!
If you just want to ONLY receive faxes, eFax will provide you with a free account where you can receive up to 20 free faxes a month. But be warned, you will have to upgrade to a paid service if you want to send faxes. The charge is minimal but they can quickly add up, so keep a close check on how many faxes you send each month. You should also be aware that each of these services charges higher rates to send international faxes; domestic faxes are cheaper.
Another fax service you should check out if your faxing needs are light, Send2Fax Prepaid charges you $0.15 for every fax and a $20 deposit along with a very low $1.95 monthly fee. They also have a plan if you only send faxes - Send2Fax Broadcast is a send-only account at $0.06 per sent page and a $1.95 per month fee. TrustFax has a Power User plan for $19.95 per YEAR with 70 Free Fax Pages (Incoming AND Outgoing) and 15 MB online storage for your faxes.
;m moving from the Web medium to the medium of print! No. Paradigm Web Design to not going away — Web development is what I do. It puts bread on my table and occasionally even the butter to go with it!
s a member of another organization, I've been offered the opportunity to be the editor of our bimonthly newsletter. This is strictly print; newspaper-like.
here are major differences between the world of print design and Web design. This should be an interesting challenge. I hope I'm up to the task.
rint designers often have difficulty making the transition to Web design. I wonder if the reverse is true. It seems to me that the aspects of print design should be easier in many ways, however, I'm afraid I may also find in limiting. Only time will tell.
y term begins in January, so I have only a couple months to learn the basics of what I need to know. Wish me luck.
