Advantage and disadvantage of internet fax service

Advantage of using Internet fax:

1.      No extra h/w and s/w required.

2.      No need of additional connection of telephone line.

3.      It does not require any paper and ink to communicate.

4.      It is used as email service application for faxing.

5.      It is very cheaper as compare to buying new facsimile machine.

6.      It is possible to forward and receive documents from any locations in the world that has Internet access.

7.      Using PDA and Smartphone you can send and receive fax.

8.      There is no need of additional paper, wire connection, facsimile machine maintenance, ink etc.

9.      Once you subscribe in any service then you get toll-free fax line, after that you can put to use immediately.

10.  In this service you print only those documents that you really want. This saves the wastage of paper.

11.  It is an inexpensive service because of it does not require ink cartridges and any other parts that are required by traditional facsimile machine.

  

Disadvantage of using Internet fax:

1. Hackers can be hacking your email account and it is possible to them to read your fax content.

2. Online fax is not the perfect choice to everyone means sending sensitive information of business via most of the service.

3.The service providers may occasionally not deliver facilities or functions that are  provide by traditional machine.

4. It requires a scanner when people wish to fax hard copy documents.