druber
join:2000-04-11
Marlborough, MA | reply to cgigate
Re: [General] Just a Fax Idea
well, if fax1 works even halfway reliably, for 12 cents per page to anywhere in the US, i can't understand why i'd want to screw with trying to get it working over voip... |
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bbrlogue
Learning New Things Daily
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join:2003-12-07
Alexandria, VA
| reply to ac_crusade
said by ac_crusade  :1. I've already given my fax number to several friends and a company that I receive faxes from every once in a while. 2. I really like my number. 3. The local number is very useful for people around my area. It's not clear which is more important to you, receiving fax or sending fax? If you care more about incoming...
I use CallWave. For $3.95 a month, I get:
• a local phone number with voicemail (with toll free portal number for checking messages away from home)
•a local fax number (PDF is readable via email or software below)
•configurable VM with SMS or email notification, attachment, etc.
• Internet Answering Machine software that:
- displays caller ID with name
- instantly shows who's calling your home (anywhere you are, on the road, in the office, etc)
- stores VM messages for instant retrieval on your computer
- stores incoming FAX for reading/print from your computer
- logs all incoming calls to your home number
No need to login on the Web as my VM messages, faxes, and incoming call logs are there on my laptop and home computer.
To set it up, I simply set my Lingo line to simultaneously ring the Callwave phone number. I turned off VM on Lingo, so CW would take messages.
I also really like my Callwave Fax number. xxx-xxx-4343.
Callwave has a free trial period, and it also has different service levels (e.g, pick up incoming call to your house from your laptop). It can be associated with any phone numbers (even your cell phone).
I'm sounding like a CW sales rep (I'm not), but oh well, it's made my VOIP line so much more useful.
For sending fax from home, I keep an account with PinCity. |
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cgigate
join:2003-05-12
Fort Worth, TX
1 edit | reply to druber
said by druber :well, if fax1 works even halfway reliably, for 12 cents per page to anywhere in the US, i can't understand why i'd want to screw with trying to get it working over voip... Fax1 is good choice for now! but problem, it cannot send fax to Canada |
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JonR800
Premium
join:2003-08-06
Farmington, MI | reply to ac_crusade
»www.send2fax charges $1.95 per month for incoming/outgoing fax plus page count. My volume is VERY low so this works well for me. |
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jbaddsl
join:2001-01-29
Los Angeles, CA
| send2fax?
add
Set Up Fee $4.95
PLUS
Prepaid Fee $20.00
PLUS $0.15 PER PAGE , be it sent or received (spamfaxes from England)....
And then there is:
A $5 balance MUST be maintained.
Each time your balance falls below $5.00 Send2Fax will charge your credit card $20.00 to refill your account.
what a joke! |
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druber
join:2000-04-11
Marlborough, MA | why is that a joke? aside from the setup fee, seems like no big deal to me. so you have to keep $5 invested in it? big deal... |
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JonR800
Premium
join:2003-08-06
Farmington, MI
1 edit | reply to ac_crusade
That seems like standard pre-paid stuff to me. I admit the $0.15/page is high. But for my volume (a few pages every other month) it works well. Also, I have yet to receive a spam fax.
Do you have a better option for someone in my situation? |
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druber
join:2000-04-11
Marlborough, MA | i've used fax1.com for a week or two. 12 cents per page. no phone charges. for the light usage i do... |
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ac_crusade
join:2005-10-06
| reply to bbrlogue
said by bbrlogue :It's not clear which is more important to you, receiving fax or sending fax? If you care more about incoming... To answer your questions, I do both incoming and outgoing. As far as volume, it really varies. In some case I'm only sending out 5 in a month and receive 10. Or like last month, I sent out like nearly 40 and received close to 60 I think. That was the mean reason why I was mainly looking for something with a flat fee. Myfax.com seems to fit for me and it has been really useful and simple. |
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joako
Premium
join:2000-09-07
/dev/null | reply to ac_crusade
If you login to the new NuFone site, you can setup Fax to email. |
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YOUR_UGLY_VT
Windows Is Crap
join:2001-09-27
Hoover, AL | reply to ac_crusade
SunRocket supports T.38 Faxing and you get a free Signature number and can be used just for faxing also.
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ptrowski
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Putnam, CT
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1 edit | said by YOUR_UGLY_VT :SunRocket supports T.38 Faxing and you get a free Signature number and can be used just for faxing also. Come on now, there was recently a post with a SR rep admitting they were having trouble with it and are not actively selling it as a feature per se.
Edit to add SR reply...
Bernadeth Joyce Lozada: Faxing remains an issue for SunRocket. At this time, it is does not perform on a consistent basis, and firmware upgrades are not providing the solution. We have stopped marketing fax as a feature we offer due to these problems. Our engineering team is researching a fix. I apologize for this inconvenience
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joako
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join:2000-09-07
/dev/null | reply to ac_crusade
When I spoke with someone at SunRocket, they stated that T.38 is only supported if their carrier supports T.38 and that not all did.
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kdouthit
Premium
join:2006-02-12
Long Beach, CA
1 edit | I'm surprised that SunRocket doesn't re-route fax calls to the carriers they have that do support T.38
As a retail provider I'd assume that they would want to have the highest possible level of quality for their users. |
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