Sending and Receiving Faxes thru Your Computer

I've done it, back in the day it wasn't too good but there are many services out there and some of the commercial ones are nifty.

Reviews etc:

http://www.savetz.com/fax/

Dmoz category:

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Internet_Fax/Services/

Thanks, Craven- I will have to do some research, and your links look great!

Cool, they lost a lot of weight and that means a lot to them.

I use efax for everything right now. www.efax.com I work out of my house now, and I originally called and had a landline set up to use only for fax(I don't have a landline here for phone, just use cell as phone), and efax set up at the same time.
Well, I never had someone come in and hook up the proper lines inside the house for the landline, so I've been using efax for the past 2 months. It's kind of a pain at first to send faxes, because you have to scan the document first, but I've got used to it, and it's not expensive.
Basically how it works is you get an assigned phone number to receive faxes, which go into your email inbox. To send a fax, you can either just click on any document on your computer and "send fax" or scan the physcial document and send it, and you get emailed notification if the fax was successful or not.
I'm still paying the phone bill that I never had fully hooked up, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to cancel it and rely soley on the computer fax.

I wish I shopped all the companies on that list...looks like there could be better deals than efax.

I'll ask my Dad what he uses (it may also be efax); whatever he uses, he's very happy with.

So you guys are connected to the internet using a TV cable, not telephone TP?

Just curious.

Relative

Relative - Yes, I have a broadband cable ISP (Road Runner).

How fast is this? Asking because this is a war of cable TV operators against telecom companies.
Technically, LAN in offices is implemented using UTP, a common twisted pair wire used for telephones also. xDSL technologies allow at least 16 MBits/s if installed correctly, without interfering with ISDN operation.

It is interesting to know TV operators are winning, but of course they have more money and people will get rid of fixed phone, but not TV.

Relative

I just took this speed test before I am posting this.
I believe that the company claims 3,000 kbps. The thing with cable though, is that heavy local usage will slow it up a bit, but I am not complaining. It is plenty fast for me!

Slappy- How secure is the information that goes through E-Fax? Can an outsider access it?

Not sure...they've got all that stuff under the "privacy" link on the website, but I haven't read it.

I think it's at least as secure as a regular fax.

I have a friend who runs her own business and she keeps her computer and fax separate as she is afraid of creating another possible means of acquiring a virus. I'm not certain if this is a rational fear.

It's not.

Thanks