| With the growing number of people utilizing online | | | | mail. Personal mailboxes are often only accessible by |
| fax, it is important for people considering subscribing | | | | the person who subscribe to it. Any unauthorized |
| to it to look into its advantages and disadvantages. | | | | access to the mailbox can result to criminal |
| With its growing popularity, people can't help but | | | | prosecution. The speed in which emails and faxes are |
| compare it to regular email. | | | | sent are almost the same. This allows for faster |
| Although online fax and email use almost the same | | | | transactions and greater productivity. Another |
| technology, there are a few significant differences. | | | | characteristic they both share is the use of a |
| Most people would argue that it is better to use your | | | | computer. A computer is in so many ways better |
| email to send messages since there are a lot of free | | | | than a standard fax machine. This allows users to |
| email service around. Email also gives you the same | | | | multitask while sending and receiving emails or faxes. |
| advantages as Online Fax. It allows you to receive | | | | The use of computers can range from regular word |
| your messages while on the go. Meaning any email | | | | processing, to games, to calculations and lately, for |
| sent to you while your computer is off is stored | | | | communication. |
| somewhere. You can then retrieve this message at a | | | | Although the similarities are significant we must |
| convenient time. This allows for great mobility and is | | | | highlight one advantage of an online fax service over |
| very useful for people who travel a lot. Email also | | | | a regular email. An online fax service allows the user |
| allows you to read your messages before printing | | | | to send and receive messages from a regular fax |
| them. This means you can read your messages | | | | machines. For business people this means broadening |
| before printing them. This saves you paper and ink. If | | | | your client base. We need to understand that not |
| you have broadband connection or connect to the | | | | every establishment will have email or fax. But most |
| internet via an establishment's wireless internet, this | | | | will have at least one of the other. So having an |
| means you can still use your phone for other things. | | | | online fax service will allow the user to do business |
| This gives the user great flexibility and allows them | | | | with any establishment as long as they have access |
| to be more productive. This saves and can even | | | | to either a computer with internet or a traditional fax |
| save your business money in the long run. | | | | machine. |
| Email also provides better security over traditional | | | | |