eFax

Advantages: Free - Easy - Quick - Reliable
Disadvantages: Requires a 380k download to read faxes

...machine. Using the simple eFax Messenger software (380k free download), the fax can be read on screen or printed out to hard copy – no more thermal paper to worry about! The fax can be zoomed in and out, rotated (why do some people insist of faxing stuff upside down?) and stored as thumbnails for easy filing. The service is completely free for 0870 numbers, although, for a monthly fee of $9.95 you can have a local rate 0845 fax number instead ...
...Sending faxes to your free eFax is cheaper than sending to many stand-alone fax machines as the modem speed is faster. eFax can also be set up (optionally) as a telephone answering machine – now quaintly known as “voice mail”. There are obvious advantages to using this free service: ! No need to buy a fax machine ! No need to free up a line for incoming faxes ! No cost ! Receive faxes anywhere that has Internet access ! Print ... Read review

Advantages: Great service... and still FREE!
Disadvantages: Need to use a proprietary viewer program

...faxes. These are received by eFax and then forwarded to you as an email attachment. As well as the obvious advantage of not needing to buy a fax machine this also means that you don’t need to pay for a dedicated fax line and you can receive your faxes anywhere you can collect your emails (almost – see a bit later). And what does that cost? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ eFax.com offer a number of differently priced services depending on the telephone number ...
...the service of choice is eFax Free. Funnily enough this is free but with limited facilities (what do you want for the price?). The free service allows receipt only, that is, you can’t send faxes via web/email. This may seem like a major restriction but remember that if you have a modem on your PC then you can send a fax directly anyway (let’s not get obsessed with the technology). The free service also does not allow the user to specify a local number, ... Read review

Advantages: Free, convenient
Disadvantages: None experienced

Yes, its really true. If you have an e-mail account you can also benefit from a fax facility. All you need to do is sign up with www.yac.com. They will give you a free number - starting 0709 - (and which can also be used for voice calls and an answering service) which can be used for faxes. Your received faxes are sent on to you by e-mail and appear in a .tif file for you to save or print. The cost of sending faxes is not too high - about the same ...
...One of the real beauties is that your fax is available 24/7/365 - no need for an extra line! If you have a fax driver for your PC's modem and a scanner you can completely dispense with the need for a fax machine. I have used the system for several months now and have found it to be excellent. Is this the end of fax machines and jamming paper? ... Read review

Advantages: A fantastic and FREE service. Very useful.
Disadvantages: None, I really like it!

...as an email with an efax attachment, the reader software contains a micro advert on the splash page. All very usable, indeed I rarely receive faxes on the fax machine now. The biggest advantage is being able to forward faxes (as the attachment) in an email. Of course your recipient needs the viewer too! I have found that faxes are forwarded within minutes of sending. Try a test fax to yourself. There are lots of extra features like SMS notification, ... Read review

Advantages: Local international numbers, send and receive by email, online storage
Disadvantages: Hours' delays in sending, not able to send or receive.

I subscribed eFax Plus service for my small business for two years. I used it for the occasional documents that I had to send to my mom's shop (she doesn't use computers so email was not an option), and for the few contracts that were faxed by suppliers instead of scanned and emailed. The first year or so, the eFax service was working fine. I had a very low volume of fax traffic, say less than 30 pages in & out. Sometimes it happened, that after ...
...Her sending faxes to my eFax number were often unsuccessful, as well, for "number busy" etc. The problems occurred not only between my PC and my mom's fax, but when I had to fax something urgent to suppliers etc. I had contacted eFax support for help, but they could not solve the problem. They said they had tried to call the receiving fax number, but "there was no answer". A few times I had to go out and send an urgent fax from a convenience store, ... Read review