Skype Fax
by Matt Gerchow
Isn't it incredible how often we still find ourselves using fax to send and receive important documents? Despite the incredible advances of the last thirty years advances that have brought us email, instant messaging, and SMS texting we still find that sending or receiving a fax is the best way to transfer many important documents.
What has changed since fax machines first became staples of the office in the 1970s is this now, thanks to those aforementioned technologies, you can fax quite easily and cheaply without even owning a fax machine!
There are many ways to do this. One of the easiest is to use Skype.
It's Easy to Skype Fax
Skype, like Google and Facebook, has become a part of everyday life for millions of people, allowing friends, family and businesspeople to connect with each other, talk face-to-face through video chats, meet, catch up, and conduct business over the internet. You can also use Skype to send faxes.
There are now a wide variety of plug-ins for Skype that allow you to send faxes in the same way you would make a phone call.
If You Know How to Skype, You Know How to Skype Fax
All of the various Skype fax plug-ins work in the same way. By allowing you to attach a file the document you wish to fax you can send a fax to literally anyone in the world equipped to receive a fax. It's as easy as making a Skype call!
Sending a Skype fax isn't free, but it can be incredibly cheap a few cents a page, usually. The actual cost will depend on the specific plug-in you choose. Factor the cost into your decision, as well as the various file formats the plug-in supports. Once you've handled those details, you can start doing something our parents and grandparents could scarcely have imagined being able to do sending documents to the other side of the world, instantly, by sending a Skype fax!
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What has changed since fax machines first became staples of the office in the 1970s is this now, thanks to those aforementioned technologies, you can fax quite easily and cheaply without even owning a fax machine!
There are many ways to do this. One of the easiest is to use Skype.
It's Easy to Skype Fax
Skype, like Google and Facebook, has become a part of everyday life for millions of people, allowing friends, family and businesspeople to connect with each other, talk face-to-face through video chats, meet, catch up, and conduct business over the internet. You can also use Skype to send faxes.
There are now a wide variety of plug-ins for Skype that allow you to send faxes in the same way you would make a phone call.
If You Know How to Skype, You Know How to Skype Fax
All of the various Skype fax plug-ins work in the same way. By allowing you to attach a file the document you wish to fax you can send a fax to literally anyone in the world equipped to receive a fax. It's as easy as making a Skype call!
Sending a Skype fax isn't free, but it can be incredibly cheap a few cents a page, usually. The actual cost will depend on the specific plug-in you choose. Factor the cost into your decision, as well as the various file formats the plug-in supports. Once you've handled those details, you can start doing something our parents and grandparents could scarcely have imagined being able to do sending documents to the other side of the world, instantly, by sending a Skype fax!
Test drive RingCentral and fax free for 30 days