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Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#51
Any plans for an API to make it possible to upload and send a fax from a web app? This looks exactly like what we've been looking for for a while.

Also, how does your pricing vary by country, if at all? I know some providers (e.g. HelloFax) charge WAY more for our target country (Japan).

Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#52
No snark, I'm genuinely surprised: Does anyone still use faxes anywhere on the planet?

I sent my last fax twelve years ago, and considered that a retrograde outlier. Some agency requiring a signed piece of paper, not accepting my emailed pdf with a pasted in scrawl, but all roses and thank you, sir when same document uploaded to a random webservice and faxed. I do occasionally give up on Humanity.

Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#53

Any plans for an API to make it possible to upload and send a fax from a web app? This looks exactly like what we've been looking for for a while. Also, how does your pricing vary by country, if at all? I know some providers (e.g. HelloFax) charge WAY more for our target country (Japan).

In terms of pricing, we're not doing any country-level price discrimination: same rate, wherever you are sending to.

Send us an email (team@faxrocket.com) with what you'd like to see from an API? Haven't yet looked at building one, but happy to either see what we can do or point you at the right place if there's a better option.

Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#54

No snark, I'm genuinely surprised: Does anyone still use faxes anywhere on the planet? I sent my last fax twelve years ago, and considered that a retrograde outlier. Some agency requiring a signed piece of paper, not accepting my emailed pdf with a pasted in scrawl, but all roses and thank you, sir when same document uploaded to a random webservice and faxed. I do occasionally give up on Humanity.

Oddly enough, one of the drivers for building this was actually having to fax a signed doc for a background check (needed for an office lease) in early 2016. There are still a number of industries (for example, healthcare and insurance) where sometimes a fax is the fastest way to get the job done. Folks sometime just want to go with what works.

Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#55

No snark, I'm genuinely surprised: Does anyone still use faxes anywhere on the planet? I sent my last fax twelve years ago, and considered that a retrograde outlier. Some agency requiring a signed piece of paper, not accepting my emailed pdf with a pasted in scrawl, but all roses and thank you, sir when same document uploaded to a random webservice and faxed. I do occasionally give up on Humanity.

Yes. Deal with government and/or the medical industry and you'll be sending upwards of 100/month in a small business.

Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#56

No snark, I'm genuinely surprised: Does anyone still use faxes anywhere on the planet? I sent my last fax twelve years ago, and considered that a retrograde outlier. Some agency requiring a signed piece of paper, not accepting my emailed pdf with a pasted in scrawl, but all roses and thank you, sir when same document uploaded to a random webservice and faxed. I do occasionally give up on Humanity.

Sure, try to deal with anything government related in Germany and they almost always ask for faxes. They may use email, too, but the addresses are like an onion address and it's not possible to correctly remember/write down such an email address when hearing it over the wire...

Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#57

No snark, I'm genuinely surprised: Does anyone still use faxes anywhere on the planet? I sent my last fax twelve years ago, and considered that a retrograde outlier. Some agency requiring a signed piece of paper, not accepting my emailed pdf with a pasted in scrawl, but all roses and thank you, sir when same document uploaded to a random webservice and faxed. I do occasionally give up on Humanity.

There are still many places that don't (can't) have high speed cable to use. Especially shipping carriers and sea ports, people just fax over and they'll have a hard copy of the message/notice.

Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#58

No snark, I'm genuinely surprised: Does anyone still use faxes anywhere on the planet? I sent my last fax twelve years ago, and considered that a retrograde outlier. Some agency requiring a signed piece of paper, not accepting my emailed pdf with a pasted in scrawl, but all roses and thank you, sir when same document uploaded to a random webservice and faxed. I do occasionally give up on Humanity.

Yes. Deal with government and/or the medical industry and you'll be sending upwards of 100/month in a small business.

Correct: HIPAA requires mail, fax, or secure web portal. And lots of doctors are small businesses without sophisticated IT investments. Lots of faxing.

Re: Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

#59

No snark, I'm genuinely surprised: Does anyone still use faxes anywhere on the planet? I sent my last fax twelve years ago, and considered that a retrograde outlier. Some agency requiring a signed piece of paper, not accepting my emailed pdf with a pasted in scrawl, but all roses and thank you, sir when same document uploaded to a random webservice and faxed. I do occasionally give up on Humanity.

I genuinely have no idea how to even send a fax, never sent one or even seen one get sent in my entire life and I'm closer to 30 than I am to 20.
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