I have a separate fax line in the office which probably gets used once a month, in a good month. People just dont use it now with email. So I am considering getting rid of the line. I remember some time ago someone used a service whereby they had a fax number which diverted all faxes to their email. Anybody any experience/knowledge of this?
Nicola
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Puma
Thanks very much - Puma is JUST whant I need.
Have registered for my new fax number, and will be getting rid of the fax line tomorrow.
The only downside is the reprinting of my stationery!
Also...
There are many 'e-fax' providers around. I use Puma Fax and have always found them reliable and cheaper than many of their competitors.
Dean
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Pumafax
I use Pumafax. There is also efax; I decided against them when I compared them to Pumafax, but I cannot remember why, I'm afraid.
Stationery
Maybe I should start a new topic for this, but is it really worth using pre-printed stationery? With e-mail so prevalent these days, I send so few letters that I just put my header onto a MS Word template and print straight onto blank paper.
Or use it for voice calls
We have a BT meridian/Norstar system. When it was upgraded a few years ago we discovered that the fax line could be routed through the main phone switching unit, so when it's not being used for faxes it becomes an additional line for making outgoing phone calls - the best of both worlds!
In the USA fax is still an important technology, particularly in view of security concerns. Legislation prevents documents such as medical records being transmiitted by email, so there's a huge business selling fax technology to large corporations and public authorities. Most faxing is of course done paperlessly from computer to computer, but the telephone technology used to send faxes is (so I'm told) much more secure. E.g noone is likely to be able to intercept fax calls as they are indistinguishable from voice calls.
Letterheads
Tom you do have a good point there and one I have considered.
At the moment I do get my letterheads printed as they are 2 colour - I do quite like the 'look.' But at £140 for 1,000 it is quite an avoidable luxury. I intially felt it would make my practice seem a little more professional but now 2 years on from setting up I suspect it makes little difference?