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I’ve wanted to get a toll free number for my business for a long time, but it takes me awhile to make a decision on that type of service.

I have to use Excel and create a Fishbein model to rank and rate all of the features.  There are so many options out there, it is hard to decide.  Some companies offer only the toll free service.  Some have complete VBX systems along with a toll free number and there are a multitude of options.

But what finally pushed me to make a decision had nothing to do with a toll free number, but faxes.

I have a fax machine, and I’ve occasionally made use of Efax’s free incoming fax service.  This has worked for me well so far. 

But last week I had to send a 10 page fax and the transmission kept failing.  I spent the entire day off and on trying to get it to go through.  I finally gave up on the fax machine and signed up for RingCentral’s service.

If I was just looking to send and receive faxes, I probably would have stuck with Efax; however, since I also was looking for a toll free number as well, I went with RingCentral.  It was only a few dollars more than Efax a month to have both and the basic RingCentral service includes a bare bones VBX system.  

A few of the other services I checked out were myFax and CallWave Fax.  Callwave has actually been around for a long time.  I used their incoming call notifier service back when I was on dial up and only had one phone line. 

Can you even imagine paying by the minute for internet access again?  Well, I guess you still do for WiFi, but it still amazing how the internet has changed how we operate in just the past decade.

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By Carla - Friday, April 25th, 2008 in Business Tips, Internet Tips.
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