eFax

Pros: Receiving faxes is the free service
Cons: Outbound faxing charges, the workers are in INDIA

Several months ago I got an email about joining up with eFax so I went ahead and downloaded the free system to receive faxes for future use. The free service gives you numbers that are most likely a toll call to contact. I had no immediate need ...

Pros: Convenient; Private; Saves paper
Cons: Spam facsimiles

Efax.com is a web- based business and personal service that provides its customers with a way to receive facsimiles via their own personal e-mail account. This service is a fully- owned subsidiary of J2 Global, Inc., a worldwide communications and ...

Pros: Usually reliable, could replace a fax machine for some users.
Cons: $12.95 a month if free service expires, may not have local number

I work from home and needed to receive faxes occasionally. I started out with the free service, but quickly exceeded my limit and now must pay a monthly fee. HOW IT WORKS You have to decide if you want to start with the free trial or if you want ...

Pros: Always works, extremely convenient, local numbers
Cons: Company is in serious financial trouble

I finally found a great fax solution for the majority of my needs, and they’re about to disappear from the face of the Earth.

eFax is a service that converts faxed documents to browser-viewable .tiff files and sends them to an email...

Pros: Easy, Efficient, and Reliable Software.
Cons: Poor Customer Support, “Gotcha” Pricing Policies, Poor Communication.

As a small business owner, technophile, and just a generally inquisitive male, I began using the free eFax service when it debuted a few years ago. Although I do own two “All-in-One” printer/scanner/fax machines, I did not have a second ...

Pros: Easy to use, no FAX machine needed, cheap and reliable.
Cons: None so far.

If You Do Not Have a FAX Machine, Try eFAX. By James P. Zaworski I moved to Taiwan in March of this year to take a teaching job. Since moving here, there have been some loose ends to tie up back home, and I have tried my best to tie them up ...

Pros: No pros with this service
Cons: Horrible customer service

About a year ago, my brother was staying with us for a little while. He is in outside sales, and needed to be able to receive faxes at home. We only had one phone line (still do!), and I am on the Internet quite a lot so he would miss faxes. I heard...

Pros: Faxes sent directly to your e-mail, easy to use, clear faxes
Cons: none that I can think of

I work at home for a large company and I receive a lot of faxes, not wanting to have to hook up a second line for a fax, I decided to look into Online Fax Services. A friend recommended Efax.com.

I went and signed up for their free fax...

Pros: Good concept. Responsive on-line support.
Cons: Software could use some refinement. Pricey for occasional use.

Last year I finally found a cell phone that worked from my home and took that opportunity to kiss my land line goodbye, but the tradeoff was giving up a fax capability. I figured in this age of email I could get away without one, but recently while ...

Pros: Makes your old fax machine part of the furniture.
Cons: Requires a download, may be expensive for non US residents and faxes to other countries.

As some of you might know, I work for an ecommerce site and have worked in the online space for the last 10 years. I started as a website/CD publisher and have spun into a kind of business development / online marketer. As such, I am constantly ...

Pros: Concept, ease of use, technologically necessary.
Cons: They just don't care, doesn't save sent faxes, incomplete information, utter disregard.

I am somewhat upset. Strike that, I am embarrassed and furious. I have been a loyal member of the free service since the late '90's. Same number the entire time. Having truly enjoyed the relatively trouble free (if sometimes very slow) service for ...

Pros: Early pioneer of this technology
Cons: "Houston, we have many problems!"

Love at first fax: Beginning in the last millennium eFax was vital to my work. I travel and must send/receive faxes anywhere I can log-on. I began as a free user and was happy to pay $12.95/mo when my volume of faxes in/outg exceeded the free ...

Pros: Dedicated fax number without extra phone line; reliable for receiving faxes, so so for sending.
Cons: Bizare time zone; customer service could still use improvement. Regular price a little high.

April 9, 2006 Update: At the end of 2005, I had to change my fax number due to business reasons. I decided to cancel my account, and was going to open up a new one with a different number a few weeks later. Efax sent me an email offering me a ...

Pros: Very mobile and secure.
Cons: Cover sheets count as received pages.

I've had this service for around 8 years. Originally found it when I had a boss who told me to surf the net and find "cool new stuff". Efax is a service that delivers faxes to your email. You select which email address to have them delivered to, and ...

Pros: User-friendly interface, Integrates with Office applications, Above-average quality printouts
Cons: Signup process is lengthy

UPDATED on 07/02/01 (See below)

I searched online for an easy ONLINE FAX service to setup at my workstation. I came across eFAX through my searching on Epinions.com. I thought I'd try it after reading the reviews. I soon found out...