I\'m very concerned about one of my co-workers. I haven\'t seen her in months, a
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Question
I'm very concerned about one of my co-workers. I haven't seen her in months, and this morning she rage-quit Twitter. I need to get in touch, to make sure she's ok... I need to send a fax!
Unfortunately, I don't have a working fax machine. Or a landline. This sorta limits my options for sending faxes. I could drive to the local mailing store, but... That's inconvenient.
I tried to find an online service that would let me just upload a document or image and fax it that way, but all the ones I found require subscriptions. This seems like over-kill: I send maybe two faxes a year, not really worth maintaining (and paying for) a monthly subscription.
Requirements:
Allow sending to a US fax number (from a US IP and paid with US funds)
No subscriptions. I don't care if I can cancel anytime, I'll forget.
No waiting/verification period. I need to send a fax today!
Accept images and/or multi-page PDFs (which may contain images).
Delivery confirmation
Accept direct, one-off payments via PayPal or credit card
Nice to haves:
Preview - fax resolution isn't great, and it's nice to know what I'm sending will be legible.
Mobile-friendly site (doesn't need to have a mobile app, but would be nice if I could upload from my phone).
Absolute deal-breakers:
Any dependencies on Skype or Internet Explorer
Explanation / Answer
Adobe Echosign would be my suggestion. I have found it very good; you can send via Adobe Acrobat or the web interface.
In regards to your requirements:
No subscriptions. I don't care if I can cancel anytime, I'll forget.: Yes: Free version with 5 faxes per month (no page limit); different subscription options available with more.
No waiting/verification period. I need to send a fax today!: Just the amount of time to verify a valid email address - i.e. should be a few seconds till you get the verification link.
Accept images and/or multi-page PDFs (which may contain images).: haven't run into a format that it won't accept - any regular office type format or image should be fine.
Delivery confirmation: successfull send confirmation; of course can't say that the recipient has actually read it.
Accept direct, one-off payments via PayPal or credit card: Free option with 5 faxes/month. No one-off payments.
Nice to haves:
Preview - fax resolution isn't great, and it's nice to know what I'm sending will be legible.: haven't used any preview but with any word or pdfs that I've sent they came through fine.
Mobile-friendly site (doesn't need to have a mobile app, but would be nice if I could upload from my phone). Don't have a mobile phone and haven't looked at the css on that site.