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Fax Remains Essential in Business

Email may have supplanted facsimile transmission in personal communications, but in several crucial business sectors fax is still the preferred transmission option, especially for those organisations that require paper documentation for statutory filing, archive or legal requirements. Lawyers or solicitors are professions that still insist on paper.  Banks, the health service and your local GP are others that require communication in hard copy where there is a clear audit trail. 
Fully integrating fax within your existing communications is therefore still an issue to consider.   Fax to Email capability is one effective and efficient way of conveniently integrating communications technologies and avoiding additional costs by not having to purchase dedicated fax equipment.
Fax to Email presents incoming faxes as email attachments.It’s an easy and secure means of receiving, storing and transmitting important fax documents. It also enhances security because faxes no longer sit on a shared fax machine.  Using Fax to Email services Your “fax machine” is never engaged and incoming faxes are immediately flagged for your attention on receipt.    Filing and record keeping also becomes much simpler with Fax to Email services.
Fax to Email will also operate on VoIP lines saving costs and enabling the simultaneous receipt of faxes without concerns about toner or paper supplies.Fax documents are pre-scanned for storage in TIFF format so they can be printed out easily.Using VoIP Fax to email services means voice and fax calls can be treated differently, so the same telephone number can be used for both – voice calls are diverted to a human being while incoming faxes are diverted to a mailbox and stored.
Setting up a Fax to Email service is remarkably simple and costs as little as 40 pence per day to operate.In some cases, depending on your service number, the provider may even pay you for calls.Setup and administration is usually free from reputable VoIP and IP telephony providers.

Shaun Micallef – American Flag Maker