Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Get your Faxes via Email!

In the interest of full disclosure, I am a RingCentral customer, but I am not paid by them for my plug here.

I use RingCentral for my fax service in the office. I paid about $85 for the year for my fax number, and I was able to choose from a small pool of numbers to find one that worked for me. Within a few minutes, I set up several email addresses that were then authorized to send faxes. The customer service I encountered when setting up my RingCentral account was very helpful.

Now, when I get faxes, they come in to my email account at work. When I want to send faxes (from whatever email address), I simply type in [fax number]@rcfax.com and the fax, with the attachment set in the email, goes out in a flash. I get an email confirmation that the fax sent successfully.

It's hard to beat RingCentral for the equivalent of $7/month. I don't need a fax machine and I can send faxes from my computer. The 300 page limit on my account is not a problem for me, because I am a low-volume user. I would recommend this service to anyone looking to keep a fax service on a budget.