| Are you starting your own business and want to keep | | | | that your phone is rendered useless when there is an |
| finding a cheap faxing solution that will respond to all | | | | ongoing transmission in your fax machine. For this |
| your faxing needs? Look no further because this | | | | reason, most companies request additional phone lines |
| article will tell you exactly why you should not buy a | | | | from their telephone companies that become the |
| fax machine. | | | | dedicated phone line for their fax machine. The bill that |
| 1. Facsimiles are very expensive. If you are a small | | | | you will incur from your faxing activities will largely |
| business who has a very limited capital, it's not practical | | | | depend on where you send your fax messages |
| to spend too much on your overhead cost. Fax | | | | because just like regular phone lines, fax messages |
| machines can cost between hundreds to thousands of | | | | sent internationally are charged with special rates. |
| dollars depending on the functionality and capability that | | | | 4. Fax machines are just like any other machines that |
| you want your machine to have. Different fax | | | | are prone to errors and breakage. Just like any other |
| machines have different functions and if you're quite | | | | equipment and devices, fax machines eventually reach |
| new to this field, you may end up buying equipment | | | | a point of depreciation and they break. If you talk to |
| that does not serve its purpose. If that happens, you | | | | "seasoned" fax users, they will tell you that they have |
| will be spending too much for something that does not | | | | frequently experienced busy fax tones and a lot of |
| get the job done. | | | | paper jams. Some would even recall the tale of the |
| 2. Facsimiles uses a lot of paper and ink. Traditional fax | | | | important fax message and the "ran out" fax papers. |
| machines are known to be huge "paper-spenders" | | | | These are not isolated cases though. These happen in |
| since they spit out paper whenever a new fax | | | | real life. |
| message comes in-junk fax or not. You need a | | | | 5. Online fax is here. Given all the reasons why you |
| steady inventory of paper and ink because you can't | | | | should not use fax machines, how then can you send |
| afford to lose these supplies in the middle of the | | | | and receive fax messages? Simple. Online fax. |
| transmission. Most huge businesses that fax a lot | | | | It's the newest innovation in the field of faxing and |
| know how expensive it is to maintain a fax machine | | | | communications. It does not require additional phone |
| plus, it's not very helpful to the environment. You spend | | | | lines as it uses the internet so transmit your fax |
| a lot of paper on junk faxes that you don't want to | | | | messages. You also do not have to spend a lot of |
| receive in the first place and more so, printed. | | | | paper because with online fax, you can choose which |
| 3. Facsimiles require that you have a dedicated phone | | | | papers should be printed and which should stay in your |
| line exclusively for faxing purposes only. It is no secret | | | | inbox and deleted as junk. |