Provider in the Spotlight: Popfax
Popfax is a leader in the Internet faxing world. Known for their cost-effective international faxing capabilities, Popfax is a great business solution for companies with international subsidiaries and partners, but it works just as well for local business as well.
Located in Versailles, France, Popfax began in 2005. In the 8 years since their inception, Popfax has quickly gained recognition as one of the best Internet faxing (IP faxing) services. PopFax has more than 50,000 customers worldwide, and provides IP faxing to businesses located in over 500 cities across more than 20 nations, in 24 different languages. Popfax uses Internet technology to offer other services as well, such as low cost national and international conference calling and voicemail services.
Inexpensive International Faxing
Popfax offers some of the very best international faxing rates on the market. All the user needs is an Internet connection and they can send and receive faxes from any country in the world at low prices.
International tariffs do vary, though the average is around $0.06/per fax for faxes sent to and from major destinations like China and the UK. Countries with limited Internet access will cost around $0.12/per fax or higher.
Mobile Faxing
Recently, Popfax began to allow users to turn their iPhones, Galaxy phones, or Blackberry phones into their own personal fax machines. Popfax users just need to install the Popfax mobile app, and can then use their smartphone’s camera to take pictures of the documents they want faxed, and fax it wirelessly from the smartphone. The fax will end up as an email or as a paper fax, depending on how the receiver has set up their faxing service.
Excellent Faxing Capabilities for Real World Business Needs
Popfax service does not require any software installation and it works with all operating systems, including legacy fax machines. There is no difference between an IP fax number and a traditional fax number. Customers that already have a fax number can port is as their Popfax number.
Popfax allows users to receive faxes in paper form, in email form, or in file form in their Popfax account. Once a fax is received, Popfax will either send an email alert or a SMS text alert depending on the user’s preference.
High quantity of faxes
Popfax has a high allotment of faxes. Companies can send anywhere from ten faxes a month to over 10,000 faxes a month. It’s also easy to send multiple faxes at once. Users can send faxes as group faxes, using up to 10 contacts from a contact list, or users can use the “mail to fax” feature, which sends files by email to 1 to 500 people at once.
Fax Records
All sent and received documents are stored in the Popfax servers for 30 days. Users can delete them at any time. Popfax provides 20Mb of storage per customer, and when that limit is reached, Popfax deletes the faxes in the order of arrival (oldest fax first). Users who wish to kept their information longer can buy a 1GB indefinite storage for an additional cost.
Voice Services
Popfax voice service is included in their basic Options Pack. Voice service allows users to receive incoming voice messages on the user’s Popfax phone number. Users can reach their voicemail by calling the number, logging into their Popfax account, or the voicemail can be sent as an email attachment.
Prices
Popfax is an inexpensive service for big capabilities. Their prices include:
- The Option Pack at $2.50/month for conference calling, voicemail, fax storage, and email-to-fax capabilities.
- An International rate of $23.99/month for a three month service of unlimited international faxing.
- An International rate of $62.99/month for a one year service of unlimited international faxing.
- The nationwide rate of $4.99/month for unlimited nationwide faxing.
So whether a company needs low-cost international faxing or nationwide faxing, Popfax is one of the very best IP faxing businesses for real world solutions.
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