Free Internet Faxing Services

I'm really wondering with the advent (ok, not that new) of eInk and the like, why do people send/receive faxes. Why not scan and send via email or share from a cloud drive. Email is considered a legal document just as much as a fax. The most common thing I've seen is where someone else inadvertently takes your fax, it turn out between another person's two faxes.

You still have to scan a paper document before you can fax it, which the old dinosaurs do. Once you have a file in digital format, you may as well just send it to the recipient as an email attachment vs messing around with an internet faxing service.

I have proposals and documents that must be electronically signed, email services often reformat a document unless it's in pdf.

This article offered fax service options that may work better than the online fax service I'm currently using. Thanks

I was also using Fax Machines before until i signed with Popfax, and now i would never go back to the fax machines, it is a waste of paper, ink, etc.

There's also freepopfax.com...

EDITOR'S NOTE: I mentioned that in my article. Could not give it a favorable recommendation.

For some situations, a FAX is considered a legal document, while an email is not. My insurance company just required me to FAX them a document.

In the medical field, FAXes are considered to be secure and private, while emails are assumed to be insecure. Ironically, anyone can walk by the FAX machine and pick up your "confidential" document. But medical HIPPA regulations require FAXes, not emails!

There are more options to send a fax for free that don't require signing up for some 'free trial'. You should check out the following article Top 7 Free Fax Services Comparison of 2013

Another free fax service is FaxRiot it allows you to send a free fax with no signup or payment. I haven't seen any catch very simple service it just does what it advertises.

faxriot.com

I'm surprised no-one mentionned the possibility of getting a cheap USB modem (like http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BU8O9Y) and using a free program like efax for Linux (there must be similar programs for Windows) that send .pdf files as fax.

NumbersUSA seems to be a strictly right-wing political, anti-immigration site. Hardly a place to go to send a note to your representative unless you are strictly anti-immigration reform or oppose the Dream Act. I do not see anything on there that lets you address any other issues than this particular issue. Maybe I missed something, but since the owner of the site states he is anti-immigration reform, I suspect my analysis is correct.

One reason why FAXing still is used is that it is considered to be a secure way to send confidential information, such as patient medical information. E-mail is not secure, so FAXing will be with us for awhile.

A search for free FAX services turns up one called Popfax.com. It verifies the sender's identity by an SMS text message. I have tried numerous times, but have never received the text. Since my cell phone provider is not one of the big names, it is possible that large, country-wide providers like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon (alphabetical order)are the only ones which receive the text messages. A request for tech support resulted in a response totally unrelated to the problem.

So you can sign up for a $10 - 17 per month service to avoid the cost of a $39 machine. Makes little sense, Until prices get reasonable without goofy limitations (e.g. 3 pages), say $.01 or $.02 per page, silly exercise.

PamFax: Free fax number is for 30 days only with the free "On Demand" plan. It is free with their paid plans.

My concern is free fax services can sometimes be quite limiting in terms of flexibly. If I sign up to a subscription-based service like www.sfaxme.com they are secure as well as flexible and they are HIPAA compliant meaning they provide extra levels of security which you can't necessarily guarantee with free services.

I use a paid fax to email service, because I'm more secure that my fax will reach its destination. I think http://www.lineadefax.com/ has a good prices and I pay only for faxes that I send, I receive unlimited free faxes!

popfax now redirects to efax.com. i guess they were bought out. pls update. thx

I think Voxox is a more of a smartphone faxing solution but I've only used it once & is very buggy but perhaps they will improve

It is interesting post.internet fax service is one of the biggest way to send or receive fax online.Exactly it's work is secure and reliable with so many advantages.

Why faxing is so important to keep running:
Use of faxes assumes a couple of things:
- people don't have an email address
- people do not have a printer/scanner/fax at home
- people do not have an internet connection
- people have only a landline or people have no landline
- people have no access to cell service (can't text)

The nice thing about a public library receiving faxes through their email is they can receive faxes for clients of the library, call them to pick them up, and file them securely until they do pick it up. No fax should come onto the machine at the library for people to see, and the same likely goes for medical offices. I doubt very much if a fax is spitting out documents today in an office - I assume that they are ALL by now, controlled by email from the doctor's office.

eFax is a joke. Free trial they say, I tried a local fax and they said that the fax sent was $10.00 activation fee after it was sent. So people beware FREE is not always free.