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Hey there - not sure what you mean?
How will you prevent someone from sending spammy unsolicited faxes?
It's not free.
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#32I was looking for some online fax services recently and stumbled upon another similar service Fax.to The main difference - in terms of pricing - I see is that Fax.to charges per page as a cost unit rather than Fax Rocket's 4 pages
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#33I was asked to look for an online fax solution. A provider I contacted never called me back. Do you offer subscriptions even if they are not needed? I know next to nothing about faxing - how is the transmitted data secured? Is it?
>I know next to nothing about faxing - how is the transmitted data secured? Is it?
Traditionally, transmitting a fax was just making a telephone call so it was vulnerable in the same way that any telephone call was to wiretapping. With fax services as exist today, you're basically emailing them a PDF and they're then sending that as a fax to someone's phone number. (Or the reverse.) So there's no real security other than that provided by the telephone network and the service's internal controls.
I had efax for a number of years but I believe they eliminated the free incoming fax number for free accounts and I haven't actually needed to send or receive an actual fax (as opposed to a scanned document) in years.
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#34Where is the list of 50 countries? The link doesn't seem to work for me.
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#35This is really cool! I rarely send faxes but it's always a pain when I do and all the sites feel like they're from the 90s. Do you have your J2 situation sorted out yet? They're suit-happy.
J2?
They own most fax brands. And allegedly sue (unless you settle) virtually every electronic fax provider for patent infringement.
Source: Used to work for, then own a fax brand many years ago.
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#36Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required
#37This is really cool! I rarely send faxes but it's always a pain when I do and all the sites feel like they're from the 90s. Do you have your J2 situation sorted out yet? They're suit-happy.
J2?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jayson-demers/is-google-compl...
> J2 Global operates numerous, nearly identical websites such as eFax.com, RapidFax.com, MyFax.com, MetroFax.com, SmartFax.com and Fax.com that all offer the same internet fax services. As a result, J2 effectively controls over 90% of the internet fax market.
> ... the methodology of litigation that J2 employs has allowed for them to sue any competitors for infringing on a patent held by J2 over all faxes using an email, regardless of whether they are using PHP, SMTP or .NET gateways in the emails.
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#38I was asked to look for an online fax solution. A provider I contacted never called me back. Do you offer subscriptions even if they are not needed? I know next to nothing about faxing - how is the transmitted data secured? Is it?
We currently don’t offer subscriptions, as were just starting out. Out of curiosity what’s your use case? There are lots of subscription fax services out there (efax and hellofax are 2 popular ones)
Faxing medical documents.
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#39I was asked to look for an online fax solution. A provider I contacted never called me back. Do you offer subscriptions even if they are not needed? I know next to nothing about faxing - how is the transmitted data secured? Is it?
I recommend http://www.SRFax.com. Affordable subscription pricing with special plans for healthcare solutions.
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J2?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jayson-demers/is-google-compl... > J2 Global operates numerous, nearly identical websites such as eFax.com, RapidFax.com, MyFax.com, MetroFax.com, SmartFax.com and Fax.com that all offer the same internet fax services. As a result, J2 effectively controls over 90% of the internet fax market. > ... the methodology of litigation that J2 employs has allowed for them to sue any competitors…
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