We saved over a $160.00 a month on our business fax line.
We own a custom flag company and run it from our home for 15 years now. We have always had a phone line and a separate fax line. You know the type; scanner, printer and fax all in one. Been happy with it too, but with the recent economy we had to look at cutting expenses.
I started out by looking online to see how we could fax from the Internet using our DSL connection. I was surprised to learn that I didn’t even need an Internet fax program installed in my computer. I could also get rid of my land-line for the business as well as our fax line.
I used a company called Ring Central (through Virtual Phones page which I put below) 800 number that our customers can call us on and got the fax number as part of the package. Only drawback was we had to get a new number because we were out of the area for keeping our existing number, maybe you won’t have to. No problem, call customers and we put the new number on the old phone service recording with the phone company when we canceled.
Ring Central sent us all the stuff to hook it up and easy instructions to follow. In just over an hour we were up and running. We also got a 30 day free Internet fax number trial and same on the 800 number, then made our purchase at $24.99 for everything (800 and fax with 10 extensions). That saved us over $165.00 avg. per month!
There are many internet fax programs offered by various companies. Vonage is probably the most advertised but after doing a lot of research I found them to have major issues. There are even blogs about how bad their services can be, I’m cautious and didn’t want problems with my business.
I have been using my new 800 number and 32bit Internet fax for almost a 3 months now and had good luck with it. We lost service when our DSL has gone down or power is out (happens in ice storms) but our cell phone takes care of that issue. Customers can leave a message and faxes were just sent automatically again.
The the link below will provide more information about a free trial and the video shows just how easy it is. Hope you found this information useful!
Virtual Phone and Fax Services
How to install your VOiP Internet Phone and Fax
