Archive for October, 2008

Online Fax Services - Choosing The Right Fax Service

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Online fax services are cost-effective, web based,
easy to use, more secure and much more convenient
than the old traditional way of faxing. Furthermore,
it is computer based and the wave of the future.
Can you or your company truly remain competitive
without Internet Fax is the real question you have
to ask?

Internet Fax is the modern way to fax. Can any
company or business be truly efficient without an
online fax service? Can you compete with your business
rivals if you don’t have this new way of faxing? The
answer to these vital questions would largely depend on
how important faxing is to your business? If faxing
plays a very minor role, then obviously faxing is not
really a concern of yours.

However, if faxing plays a major role in your business
and you depend upon it for communication, ordering products,
receiving sales orders… then you should take a serious
look at Internet Fax because your company’s competitiveness
may just depend upon it.

Internet Fax is using your computer and the Internet
to send and receive your faxes. Faxes are sent via
email attachments, usually in TIFF or PDF formats.
Online fax is paperless, inkless, cost-effective,
more secure and more convenient than the old fax
machine.

Moreover, one of the greatest benefits of using online
fax is accessibility. Your faxes are accessible anywhere,
anytime - wherever you have access to the Internet and
these days that’s just about everywhere. Internet Fax is
completely compatible with laptops, cell phones, PDAs…
a genuine portable faxing solution which will keep
your company in the “know”.

To use Internet Fax you have to sign-up to an online
fax service provider where you will be given a local
or toll-free fax number. You will also receive an online
interface (site) where you can check, send and receive
your faxes. You can also use your email system and some
services also give you a desktop application, where you
can send and receive your faxes.

Simply put, Internet Fax takes all your faxing requirements
and brings them into the Internet/Computer age. It is truly,
the modern way to fax.

Now there are numerous Internet Fax Service Providers
you can choose from: MyFax, eFax, RingCentral, TrustFax,
Send2Fax, RapidFax, MetroFax and Faxage. All these fax
providers will have slightly different plans and services
so it pays to shop around, especially when you consider
this is a “long-term” business service and doing your
homework now can save you money over the long haul.

Monthly costs range from $10-$15 but some will go as low
as $4 a month and if your faxing requirements are really
minimum - you can get a fax service for around $20 bucks
a year.

But be warned, as with any business service, price should
not be your only concern when it comes to choosing a fax
service. You are looking for good quality support, available
24/7 or whenever you need it. You want to check out how many
faxes you can send and receive each month. You will also be
looking for a fax service that is flexible and completely
scalable to meet your growing business needs.

Test before you buy is the wise way to proceed. And since
most of the major fax providers offer 30 Day Trial Periods,
you can check out their service without risking anything.
If the service is good and you’re satisfied, you can keep
it.

On the whole, an online fax service has many advantages
over the old traditional way of faxing. Internet Fax is
cheap, paperless, inkless, extremely portable, more secure
and more convenient to use. Furthermore, you have to realize
most of your competitors are probably now using it, so unless
you want to fall behind, you may just have to use it to stay
competitive if your company or business heavily relies upon
faxing in the daily routine of your business. Can you really
afford not to use Internet Fax?

It’s your decision?

For more information on Internet Fax Services use this
handy online Comparison Guide to get your own: Online Fax Service
Or if you want more detailed information on Internet Faxing
try here: Internet Fax Services.
Titus Hoskins Copyright © 2008. This article may be freely
distributed if this resource box stays attached.

MyFax Introduces A Virtual PBX Service My1voice

Saturday, October 18th, 2008


MyFax and its parent Ottawa based company Protus, are turning
a few heads once again in the very competitive Internet Fax
field. And no, we are not talking about the recent trademark
dispute where it successfully blocked its long time rival,
j2 Global Communications, from registering “efax” as a trademark
in the UK.

Protus has recently released a new virtual PBX phone service
called my1voice. This service means many small to mid-size
businesses have another option with it comes to outfitting
their workplaces. For those businesses just beginning, especially
in these harsh economic times, it can mean significant savings
in start-up costs.

What is a PBX Service?

PBX is short for “private branch exchange’ and refers to
a private telephone network used within a company or enterprise.
Basically, many companies use a PBX service because it’s
cheaper then connecting a telephone line to every phone
in your organization. They have a few external numbers
but most of the calls are handled “in-house”.

Now, MyFax with its my1voice PBX service is offering
small businesses and entrepreneurs a really inexpensive
way of setting up a virtual PBX system within their
companies.

How my1voice works?

In a recent press release, MyFax explained how their PBX system
will work:

“my1voice uses existing telephone equipment to provide
communications features such as auto-attendant, multiple
extensions and voicemail services that give a professional
face to callers while also allowing employees to stay in
touch with the office via phone, e-mail or the web.

Since there is no additional hardware or software to install
or maintain, my1voice is a fraction of the cost compared to
a traditional PBX system. Features include the ability to
customize a recorded greeting, automate call routing, set
individual voicemail boxes for each employee, and receive
automatic voicemail notifications.”

Only time will tell how successful this new virtual PBX service
will become but it does offer another PBX option for small companies
to consider. It was designed to handle one to 25 employees and
may prove to be very cost-effective. The my1voice program offers
three different service options ranging in price from $10 to
$50 USD per month.

My1voice Features:

“Unlike standard, equipment-based PBX systems, my1voice allows
businesses to obtain benefits such as auto attendant, multiple
extensions, voice mail and more whether employees are inside or
outside the company walls.”

Perhaps, more importantly, as we have seen with Internet Fax,
this service modernizes the present day workplace and brings
it into our very mobile computer age. As more and more business
is conducted online, having such a virtual PBX service does expand
the very definition of the workplace itself. It opens up a whole
new way of conducting your business and provides a means to expand
beyond the walls of your company.

With this my1voice PBX service, MyFax or Protus is again
proving itself to be a true “business solution” provider for
many small businesses and entrepreneurs around the globe. It
does provide a viable option to the traditional PBX system for
many companies. Let’s just hope the winning streak continues
for MyFax and we get more innovative products in the future.

For more information on Internet Fax Services try this
handy online Comparison Guide: Online Fax Services
Or if you want more detailed information on Internet Faxing
try here: Internet Fax Guide.
Titus Hoskins Copyright © 2008. This article may be freely
distributed if this resource box stays attached. >