Sunday, November 19, 2006

Fax Broadcasting Vendors

With the increasing popularity and necessity of fax broadcasting, people are looking forward to outsource this work. Instead of compiling a list of addressees and faxing them individually, they prefer to go for specialized broadcasters who reduce the effort and cost involved. Few of the most prominent vendors in this field are -

1. One Touch Global Services – A Microsoft Certified Partner, the company specializes in integrating and managing the entire lifecycle of paper and electronic documents. The lowest available rates are 4¢ per page. It provides the facility to broadcast at any hour of the day and schedules can be prepared even months in advance. Their fax server can send faxes to thousands of numbers within seconds. They also provide a status report on all the faxes sent and in case a fax bounces back, it is tried three more times before declaring the number as unreachable.

2. AirCom USA – Although the company has a 30 year old history, yet it has come of ages since 1995 when it started providing enhanced telecommunication services, including fax broadcasting. By allowing both instantaneous and spontaneous distributions, it personalizes the faxes so as to improve client’s returns. The company has a no obligation subscription of $8.95 per month. But then, one needs to pay for fax air time at the rate of 10 cents per minute. This usually comes down to an average of 3 to 7 cents per page.

3. Promo Fax – This is a UK based company, which has a long list of clients who would like to repeat their business with them. This is because results started pouring in soon after their faxes were sent out. In case of Ministry of Paintball, 740 registrations from around 45 companies were received within 48 hours of using Promo Fax’s services to send over 12,000 faxes. The company also provides consultation on your fax and target audience, there by letting you know how much response one can expect. The company doesn’t charges anything extra for faxes sent during the daytime and keeps coming with promotions and discounts to further strengthen its client base.

4. Faxts Telysis – With a 10 year experience, the company offers fax broadcasting, web-fax, web based broadcast fax, and send/receive faxing through email at wholesale prices. The company has a website where clients can create their accounts and schedule their runs. They can even start/stop outgoing faxes and make changes to their distribution lists. This helps in providing extra security to the client documents and distribution lists. They maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of fax receiving machines and then club them according to their zip or area codes, industry types, size of companies, etc. This way, even if the client is not having the complete list of fax numbers, they can provide the same.

Although, the number of available vendors has increased many a folds in recent times, it is always a better option to go for a vendor who can understand your requirements and then provide a service that suits your business. So it is always recommended to study the market and the players and then make a wise and sound decision.