E-mail has been one of the most convenient innovations of our time. It gives you the option to send a message in real time, and if there are problems with the mail delivery, you get a response that an error was encountered and that the sending of the e-mail failed. Gone are the days where you ponder if the mail has been received by the intended party. But sad to say, not everyone has embraced this technology. In conducting business transactions, people usually resort to the use of fax as a real-time means of communication. However, fax bills can be high if the call is overseas.

You can now make use of these services that allow you to send a fax message through your e-mail. An email-to-fax service provides you and your co-workers with the option to send out fax messages via an e-mail application, customize cover sheets with company logos, include pictures and graphs, plus get a confirmation message that your fax has been sent to its intended recipient. The process behind the e-mail Internet fax service is that your e-mail service provider sends the document to the fax number of your customer. Your provider will be responsible for sending the message to the other party, and you will be informed once the fax has been received by the customer.

You need to sign up for a subscription package to make use of the e-mail Internet fax service. This service is not free. You will have to pay $20 a month just to maintain an account. There are additional charges of $0.10 per faxed page you want to send, but you can send a fax to a recipient anywhere in the United States. Rates for sending faxes to different areas around the globe depend on the location. If you need to receive fax messages through the same account, there will be additional charges as well. Inbound faxes will cost you $0.15.