Web 2.0 - Send faxes for free with FAXZERO

Posted by Jim Stroud

August 6, 2006

Need a cheap, convenient, or just plain free way to fax a document from your laptop while on the road? Check out this service - FaxZero.

From the website…

Q: What is FaxZero.com?

A: FaxZero lets you send a fax to any fax machine in the United States (including Puerto Rico) or Canada for free. You don’t need a fax machine yourself, but you do need a valid e-mail address.

Q: How can you provide this service for free?

A: The service is supported by advertising on the web site and on the cover pages of the free faxes you send. We have a partnership with the good folks at Metro Hi Speed, who provide us with a great deal on fax delivery.

Q: How does it work?

First fill out the fax form. Be sure to include your valid e-mail address and carefully type the Confirmation Code. (This simply helps us weed out abuse of the system.) Type the text of your fax or attach a file, then click the Send Free Fax Now button.

Next, a confirmation message will be sent to your e-mail address. Click the URL in that message. Your fax won’t be transmitted until you do.

We’ll then attempt to deliver your fax. You’ll receive an e-mail message to let you know when it’s delivered. Or if it can’t be transmitted for some reason, an e-mail message will tell you that.

Q: What type of documents can I send?

The easiest way to send a fax is to just type or paste the text of your fax into to the Enter Text to Fax box. Or, you can click the Browse… button to fax a file on your computer: you can send a PDF, Microsoft Word (.DOC) file, or Excel spreadsheet (.XLS). If you attach a file, any text in the Enter Text to Fax box will be ignored.

Q: Tell me about the ad on the cover page.

A: It looks like this (although the ad may vary.) There is no ad, nor the FaxZero logo, on the $1.79 premium fax.

sample cover page

Q: What are the benefits of sending a premium fax over the free one?

The premium fax costs $1.79. There’s no ad or FaxZero logo on the cover page, so you may like it better for business communications. The number of pages increases from 3 to 10, and there’s no 2-fax-per-day limitation.

Q: I need to send more than two faxes a day.

A: You can use our Premium Fax option to send additional faxes for $1.79 each. If you need to send faxes regularly, you’re best option is to get your own account with an Internet fax service. Metro Hi Speed provides a great deal. Many more options are listed at the FAQ: How can I send a fax from the Internet?

Q: What’s your privacy policy?

We hate junk e-mail and junk faxes, and will absolutely not send any unsolicited e-mail or faxes. Users will receive e-mail messages (such as confirmation messages) as part of the process of using the service. If you subscribe to the FaxZero mailing list, we will send occasional news about the service, which may include advertisments for our marketing partners.

Your name, company name, e-mail address, and fax number will appear in the “Sender Information” area of the faxes that you send. FaxZero will not share your information, nor information about the people you send faxes to, with marketers or anyone else, unless compelled to do so by court order.

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