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January 18, 2005 9:28 AM

VOIP FollowupFilter Thanks all who answered my VOIP intro questions here about two weeks ago. Now, a followupQ [+]

I elected to try Broadvoice. My first call was almost exciting as those first steps on the moon. But, alas, faxing seems to only work at a low baud speed, with poor quality. If this is the result with Broadvoice, will it be the same with another carrier? MUST...SEND FAXES TO E-MAIL-LESS LAW FIRMS....

posted by ParisParamus to computers & internet (6 comments total)

WHat's wrong with efax?

you can email your faxes to real fax machines, and it's not expensive.
posted by chaz at 10:32 AM on January 18, 2005

You're going to have this problem, unfortunately, though I can't tell you to what degree. Even the best IP phone systems are restrictive to fax transmission.

I gotta second the suggestion on Efax - I have used it for years. I actually thought of it in your old thread, but you seemed hell-bent on VoIP and I got the impression that faxing was more of an afterthought. Maybe I read wrong.
posted by TeamBilly at 10:50 AM on January 18, 2005

I still don't understand eFax. Are you saying that its allows me to e-mail Word Files to clients, which they receive as faxes, as if I had sent them faxed from my own fax machine or fax modem? For a low or low-fixed price?
posted by ParisParamus at 11:14 AM on January 18, 2005

Actually, I didn't know it, but I already have this capability with Maxemail.com, which I already subscribe to. Let me do the math. This may be the solution I'm looking for. THANKS!
posted by ParisParamus at 11:25 AM on January 18, 2005

I've been using eFax to receive faxes as e-mails for free for several years now, with no complaints.

To send faxes, I use GreenFax, which used to be called something else I forget. Accufax, or something. Their hook was you deposit $25 + $10 setup and spend it on faxes, at about $0.7 per one or two page fax. The $25 was good forever, they said, and since I don't fax often it works great for me. The fax goes out as an e-mail with any of a variety of attachments like .pdf, .doc, etc.
posted by atchafalaya at 11:48 AM on January 18, 2005

PP -

You can use Efax two different ways. You can either go through the web interface and send a fax that way, or they have a client which bolts itself into your applications and you can click the "send a fax" button for just about any document.
posted by TeamBilly at 12:09 PM on January 18, 2005