May 07 2008

Best Online Fax Service


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Looking for the best online fax service?

We've reviewed several online fax services that allow you to send and receive faxes online.  From Efax to Packetel, all offer online sending and/ or receiving of faxes.  The noticeable differences are in price, quality of faxes received and sent, and file formats supported.  Out of the lot, we pick MyFax as the winner.  For $10/ month, you get:

  • Your own local or toll free fax number (assuming your area code is available - if not, you can pick the nearest city). 
  • You can send and receive from up to 5 email addresses
  • You can send and receive using their online utility, or via your email address
  • Delivery confirmations
  • Customized cover pages
  • Junk fax control

Send faxes in many formats with customized cover pages

The biggest advantages we found with myFax over their competition, and why we ultimately went with MyFax as our choice for best online fax service, includes their giant list of supported file formats.  No more downloading converters to try and get the optimal TIF fax-format graphic file to send.  PDF, Word, Excel, and just about any graphic file are all supported.  Another reason we went with them is the ease of use of sending faxes from your email address.  You can type your cover letter in the body, using plain text or HTML, and the formatting is nicely preserved.  Or, you can leave the body blank and attach a cover page template as the first page in your multi-page fax.

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What are the advantages of myFax vs. traditional faxing?

MyFax's online, or email faxing, is just as reliable as traditional faxing - it uses the same technologies (ultimately sends the fax through a phone line after processing), and uses the speed and always on capabilities of the Web to bring you consistent faxing service. The main differences between traditional faxing and online faxing via MyFax are:

  • Simplicity - If you know how to use your email, you'll have no trouble using MyFax.
  • Reliability - MyFax's online faxing system is always online - it's never busy or out of paper.
  • Affordability - $10/ month gives you 100 sent and 200 received pages.
  • Mobility - You can use MyFax from any location that has Internet access - whether you're at home, at work, or on the road.

What makes MyFax the best online fax service?

MyFax uses powerful, secure, and reliable servers to process your faxes. Out of all the online faxing services we've tested, MyFax comes out on top. They even let you send yourself a test fax so you can get a feel of the fax quality before you sign up. PC Magazine agrees with us - they say that MyFax "offers the best value" among competitors for individuals or companies that need to send lots of faxes (7/29/05 article).

MyFax offers superior support among online fax services

The other thing that makes MyFax the best online fax service is their superior support system. Unlike some smaller faxing outfits run out of the garage or basement, MyFax offers 24/7 telephone and email support, including toll free and international numbers.

MyFax Promotion

MyFax is allowing us to extend a limited time promotion to you:

Special Offer: Buy 2 Months Get the 3rd FREE

Get a free month if you sign up using the above link. 

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Looking for a fax

I am looking for fax that doesn't cost a lot, I only fax up to 2-5 pages a month. Some of the people I fax to don't allow online faxes. Is there a workaround? John

Online faxes to offline machines

Hi John,

I've never heard of an analog (physical) fax machine being able to filter (not allow) Internet faxes. Faxes from Internet fax services such as MyFax also get sent through the phone line when they're sent - so in essence both Internet faxes and physical fax machines use the same system.

Have you been able to test sending the same fax from both an Internet faxing service and an analog fax machine and verify that only the analog version arrives? It could be that your recipient's fax machine has blocked the sending number you're using for your online faxes. Consider giving MyFax a shot.

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