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Cellular Phone Forum / General / General Topics / April 2005Fax over cellular using the Internet
Although it is possible to fax over cellular with a dial-up type connection (CSD in the case of GSM), it's slow, difficult to set up and use, and isn't available from all carriers in all areas. An alternative for cellular with email or Internet access is to use a fax service. I'm currently using two such services: INCOMING FAX eFax <http://www.efax.com/> Supports fax-to-email (and vice versa). No charge for eFax Free (non-local number, receive-only) if you're willing to put with occasional marketing email. OUTGOING FAX Fax1 <http://fax1.com/> Supports email-to-fax and web-to-fax, as well as proprietary Internet software (FaxBlaster). Free to sign up with $1 trial credit. No monthly charge. Prepay credit never expires. $0.12/page (successfully delivered) to the USA I'm compiling this information for the cellular webpages I publish. If anyone knows of comparable or better services, please follow-up here. Thank you.  SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> FWIW, efax sucks - if your free efax number gets more than 20 spam faxes a month they cancel the account if you refuse to upgrade to their paid plan. And yes, you will get tons of spam faxes after you've had the number a couple of years (I had one since they started and lost it last year because of spam faxes). Reporting the spam using their form is a PITA (takes a good 10 min per spam, probably longer if using a cell phone connection to access the efax site) but necessary if you don't want all of the spam faxes to count against you. I do not recommend them at all. Send2fax.com is an email and web based fax service that gives you an 800# and is good for both in and outbound. My account is $1 service fee a month, but new subscribers will pay $1.95 service fee. Per page fee is 15 cents for successful in or outbound faxes. (They have high volume plans available too - at lower rates than the efax paid plans.) if you send many faxes, it's well worth $2 a month to have both in and outbound faxes using the same fax system. > Although it is possible to fax over cellular with a dial-up type > connection [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > anyone > knows of comparable or better services, please follow-up here. Thank you. >FWIW, efax sucks - if your free efax number gets more than 20 spam faxes a >month they cancel the account if you refuse to upgrade to their paid plan. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >the efax site) but necessary if you don't want all of the spam faxes to >count against you. I do not recommend them at all. FWIW, I've never had a single spam fax on my eFax Free number, and I've had it for quite a long time. (You may be giving your fax number out to the wrong people.) If I did start getting spam faxes, I would simply change the number. >Send2fax.com is an email and web based fax service that gives you an 800# >and is good for both in and outbound. My account is $1 service fee a month, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >well worth $2 a month to have both in and outbound faxes using the same fax >system. Why would I care about using the same fax system? My current setup of eFax for free inbound and Fax1 for low-cost outbound is dead simple and works fine. >> Although it is possible to fax over cellular with a dial-up type >> connection [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> anyone >> knows of comparable or better services, please follow-up here. Thank you. SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > number out to the wrong people.) If I did start getting spam faxes, > I would simply change the number. I'll have to agree only to add I've never had to change my eFax number in the 6 years I've had it. I've only received a couple span faxes in the beginning, but that dried up not long after. Besides, I can't give it up now. I got it in Lakewood CA and received a Maryland number. I now live in Delaware. Go figure ;-) k-7.net has a free e-fax type inbound number, but you can only get a Washington State number. >> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Besides, I can't give it up now. I got it in Lakewood CA and received a > Maryland number. I now live in Delaware. Go figure ;-) >FWIW, efax sucks - if your free efax number gets more than 20 spam faxes a >month they cancel the account if you refuse to upgrade to their paid plan. >And yes, you will get tons of spam faxes after you've had the number a >couple of years (I had one since they started and lost it last year because >of spam faxes). I've had a free efax number for three years and only 2 spam faxes total in all that time. > FWIW, efax sucks - if your free efax number gets more than 20 spam faxes a Agreed.. efax is the worst. I signed up and they the flood gates of smap email started. They sent me advertizments for any and everything every day. I had used them many years ago, when they were still starting out, and they only advertizment they had was in their fax reader. Now their software installs all kinds of crap on your system. >> FWIW, efax sucks - if your free efax number gets more than 20 spam faxes a > >Agreed.. efax is the worst. I signed up and they the flood gates of smap >email started. They sent me advertizments for any and everything every day. Perhaps things have changed, because I'm getting no more than about one eFax ad message per week, most of which are taken care of by my spam filtering. To me it seems a small price to pay for a free fax number. What's your alternative? >I had used them many years ago, when they were still starting out, and they >only advertizment they had was in their fax reader. Now their software >installs all kinds of crap on your system. I'm using eFax Messenger 2.0, which has no ads. You can get it from <http://appdb.codeweavers.com/appview.php?appId=667&versionId=887>. SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > > I'm using eFax Messenger 2.0, which has no ads. You can get it from > <http://appdb.codeweavers.com/appview.php?appId=667&versionId=887>. I uninstalled eFax Messenger (1.x?) quite some time ago, and subsequently discovered that the native "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" renders eFax incoming faxes quite well. SignatureJohn Richards >> I'm using eFax Messenger 2.0, which has no ads. You can get it from >> <http://appdb.codeweavers.com/appview.php?appId=667&versionId=887>. > >I uninstalled eFax Messenger (1.x?) quite some time ago, and subsequently >discovered that the native "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" renders eFax >incoming faxes quite well. Thanks for the tip! SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> E-faxes can now be set to come in as PDFs. Stu > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thanks for the tip! Is that for the free version of eFax? I only have the free service, and recent faxes have come in as .TIF files. SignatureJohn Richards > E-faxes can now be set to come in as PDFs. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> Thanks for the tip! Don't know. I have the pay version. Sorry! > Is that for the free version of eFax? I only have the free service, > and recent faxes have come in as .TIF files. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> >>> Thanks for the tip! Really? I receive my efax messages in .efx format and Windows Picture and Fax viewer is not able to open those files. I tried many times to no avail. I used jfax before and those files, I was able to open using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. What format do you receive your efax in? >> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > discovered that the native "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" renders eFax > incoming faxes quite well. >Really? I receive my efax messages in .efx format and Windows Picture and >Fax viewer is not able to open those files. I tried many times to no avail. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >What format do you receive your efax in? Everyone who has an eFax account receives them in the .efx format, which is a proprietary format that requires the free eFax Messenger program. >>> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> discovered that the native "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" renders eFax >> incoming faxes quite well. > Everyone who has an eFax account receives them in the .efx format, > which is a proprietary format that requires the free eFax Messenger > program. But you can choose to receive your eFaxes in TIFF format, which Windows Fax viewer can open. (And I do receive mine as TIFFs.) SignatureJustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638) Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED "The wisdom of a fool won't set you free" --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" > But you can choose to receive your eFaxes in TIFF format, which Windows > Fax > viewer can open. (And I do receive mine as TIFFs.) I can receive my j-faxes in tif and in pdf format, too. >>But you can choose to receive your eFaxes in TIFF format, which Windows >>Fax >>viewer can open. (And I do receive mine as TIFFs.) > > I can receive my j-faxes in tif and in pdf format, too. Not surprising. Both services are owned by the same company. SignatureJustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638) Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED "The wisdom of a fool won't set you free" --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" In order to receive efax in .tif format, do you have to subscribe to efax Plus? I have the free service and I don't see that option in my account. Their website does say that with efax Plus, you can receive faxes in .pdf format. I don't need to do that because I can convert faxes to pdf format myself. > But you can choose to receive your eFaxes in TIFF format, which Windows > Fax viewer can open. (And I do receive mine as TIFFs.) > In order to receive efax in .tif format, do you have to subscribe to efax > Plus? I have the free service and I don't see that option in my account. I don't think so. I'm pretty sure I get them in TIF format, and I have a free account too. (I'd be more inclined to pay for an account if they would actually get local numbers in my area instead of just telling me they have them.) Someone would probably have to send me a fax. Been a while since the last time I received one. SignatureJustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638) Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED "The wisdom of a fool won't set you free" --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" i find that with efax, i cannot open the document with anything but their viewer. With Jfax, however, i can open with the Microsoft viewer. That's my experience. I'm careful of the programs i install on my computer and I want to keep applications to a minimum, therefore my interest in this issue. >> In order to receive efax in .tif format, do you have to subscribe to efax >> Plus? I have the free service and I don't see that option in my account. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Someone would probably have to send me a fax. Been a while since the last > time I received one. >[POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >me it seems a small price to pay for a free fax number. What's your >alternative? People on the paid service don't get anywhere near the levels of junk faxes that the free services get. Junk faxers have a database containing many of the free eFax numbers because they generally only come from one or two area codes. I can count the number of junk faxes I've received on my premium eFax account easily on one hand. And I give out my number freely, as I use it a lot in the course of business even though I've got a standard machine because it's nice to be able to get all my communications remotely no matter where I am. |
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