Internet fax environmental friendly faxing

Here is a small trivia question for you: Did you know that more than 15 million trees are being cut down annually in the United States alone just to make enough faxing paper? Seems to be a scary figure doesn't it? Well the good news is that we can all do something to prevent this disaster from happening. Stop the usage of conventional fax machines and switch over to online faxing or faxing over the internet. In a world where people do a double take if they receive a letter with a postage stamp and everything on it, internet faxing should face no problem in being the next best "e-solution".

Basically online faxing is a service on the web that allows the sending and receiving faxes in the form of an email. There is no involvement of a fax machine and faxes are mainly sent to and fro via the internet. The concept of internet faxing, earlier known as 'Internet paper' was believed to have existed for a long time although the first online fax service was started by PSI Net in mid 1997. Advancement in technology led to the evolution of this concept into a multi million dollar worth industry, leading to the birth of hundreds of internet fax service providers.
Benefits of internet faxing
The main benefit of internet faxing over the conventional way of faxing is that it is much more affordable.
Apart from the obvious, internet faxing has other advantages also.

First of all the cost of an additional fax line is completely cut off. No additional cost for the fax machine, paper for the fax machine, printer ink etc.
Since internet faxes are sent as an attachment in an email, soft copies are easier to circulate and organize.
A whole lot of paper can be saved. This way we can slightly satisfy ourselves by feeling that we are doing our bit to save the environment as well.
Traditional fax machine users are plagued by problems such as jamming of the fax paper, costs for extra phone lines, faxing transmission errors etc. All these problems are virtually non existent if you were to send or receive faxes online. Just think no more transmission problems and paper jams.

Getting the right online fax service
Some of the popular internet faxing service providers is eFax, My Fax, Ring Central, CallWave Fax, and so on.
The technology behind the service that all of the internet fax services is the same. The difference lies in their prices and the quality of service that is rendered. Some services are perfect for the heavy users whereas others may work for the small businesses that have lesser faxing needs as opposed to big corporates. Ideally they are priced between $20 and $30 a month depending on the usage. A buyer should not only analyze his faxing needs but also needs to be aware of all the packages available before the purchase is made.