Re: Is Fax Dead Yet?

krw wrote:
In article <URf1k.3704$xZ.1370@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:43:56 -0700, "Joel Koltner"
<zapwireDASHgroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:M0e1k.6485$Ri.2719@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Case in point: Yesterday before lunch someone needed to see a copy of a document, quickly. Internet was already off, plus I had to leave in about 30 seconds. Now try that situation via email attachment. I just slapped it onto the fax machine, keyed in the number, hit "Send", done. Took less than the 30secs I had.
Not to be too much of a foil here, Joerg, but there are plenty of scanners/MFP machines out there that can directly e-mail a PDF from a scanned paper document. (Everywhere I've worked in the past 5+ years now has had one... they plug into your Ethernet network and then connect directly through whatever your Internet connection is...)

Typing in an e-mail address does take longer than dialing a phone number, though. :-) And you've made some good points that FAX definitely has some points in its favor over e-mail, but I'm not convinced those are compelling enough that FAX machines are going to survive much longer.

I have several billing situations where I E-mail the invoice, the
responsible engineer signs it off and FAXes it back to me. Then I
scan it and E-mail to their accounts payable department ;-)

Hmm, mine are nowadays very often accepted as PDF sans signature.

I have to use a web-based time accounting app, then either print the output to PDF and email, or to a dead tree and fax to my handler. Ain't computers wunnerful?

Overseas clients then wire the funds which costs fees but saves the trip to the bank.

You or the client?


The client. But then my bank slaps on their own fee even though they shouldn't. Sometimes I can get that reimbursed by the bank.

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