Are you tired of using a fax machine? Although once they seemed very reliable, fax machine can easily break down, jam up, run out of paper, ink and so on. Faxing is a must for many large and small companies, even for personal matters. However, there is a faxing solution that is more efficient and a lower price.

The first thing to do is to pick out an internet fax service provider; RingCentral, My Fax, eFax and Metro Fax are four reliable and affordable online faxing websites. Most of them offer a variety of different pay plans to meet your needs.

Web based faxing is for large business or corporations and also for small business or home offices. There are different types of plans, depending on how many faxes you need to send per month. For example if you only need to send a couple of faxes per month then you would pay around $3 a month for your online faxing service.

Once you pick the internet faxing provider you want to use then you simply sign-up and you get another bonus as well. Many of these companies also give you a FREE local or toll free number as well. There are tons of other features such as opting to receive a notification on your cell phone for new faxes, customization of your fax number such as call waiting music, menu options etc.

After setting up an account with your provider, it is only a matter of following the instructions on their website to send and/or receive a fax. Some services have you work through your email address, and some have downloadable programs that let you work from your desktop.