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Send a Fax over Skype with PamFax
But up until now you had to hang on to your telephone line if you needed to send and receive faxes. Well, sort of. You could always use a service like K7.net to receive faxes and another web service like faxZERO to send them. But that's a bit of a clunky solution.
Now PamConsult, the company behind the Pamela call recording plugin for Skype is beta testing PamFax a new plugin that lets you send faxes using Skype. It looks like you'll still need a separate solution for receiving incoming faxes.
PamFax integrates with Skype, letting you send documents to fax numbers. You can also use a plugin for Word and Excel 2003/2007 to send faxes directly from those programs. You'll receive status notifications through Skype Chat.
PamFax isn't free. You'll need Skype credit to send documents. Rates vary from € 0.17 to € 1.59 per document. But when you install the beta, you'll receive € 0.17 to send your first test fax. Sharp-eyed Download Squad readers will note that the prices are all in Euros. We'd convert the rates to US dollars for you, but there's no point just yet. During the first part of the beta, PamFax is not available to customers in the US and Canada. You can download the file, but it won't install.
[via Skype Journal]
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Subscribe to commentsEthan DickersonAug 10th 2007 2:32PM
Sooner or later someone is going to come out with a free fax service and it will be a huge success because the ones that are currently out there don't work very well. I don't understand why some smart people have not seen that opportunity in the market. I've tried to use the fax pay sites that have deals where you can fax a page or two for free but their primary business is a fee based service but I've never had the faxes actually go through. Today users can easily create their own pdf documents on their desktop with freeware so I can't understand why it is so hard for someone to create an outgoing fax service and pay for it with advertising. Faxing is the only existing niche in the market that hasn't benefited from the web2.0 movement (that I know of). I just wanted to point out that the market is there and so is the business opportunity. I wish I had the money, time, and skills needed to go after this juicy slice of the Internet market! Hopefully someone out there will read this, go after the opportunity, and be the next big success story!
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David ChartierAug 10th 2007 3:16PM
I think with the evolution of the web and formats like PDF (and secure PDFs), it seems like fax has been on a steady decline, going the way of the dodo. It's a PITA way of exchanging information and documents that never really evolved with computing or the web, and people simply seem to be abandoning it for far more convenient, reliable methods.