I rarely need a fax machine these days. Unfortunately, some industries, banking, for ex, want to make your life difficult and insist on sending and receiving only via fax (allowing them to stay even more elusive from any meaningful customer service - ah but that would be a whole new thread).
I sometimes I just borrow a fax at work and wait for a document but it is nice to have it in electronic form.
I think there are some apps that will fax from any device for free but I need to receive.
I donāt really need a dedicated number but I would like to, maybe once or twice per year, be able to receive a few pages of fax. Unfortunately, services like Efax are quite pricey for these needs. There are others that charge less, based on the amount of usage, but either way, you end up paying $7 to $15 per month for the luxury of receiving a few pages per year.
Sure seems like there could be an app for android that would allow someone to āfaxā call your phone. When the phone is manually answered, the app could automatically sense the fax protocol and then handshake and receive the fax. But I canāt find such app.
Iād still be willing to pay a few bucks per month but canāt justify paying $100 per year for perhaps 10 incoming pages per year. I can always find a traditional fax machine for outgoing scanning and sending but I had to burden my associates at work to wait for a fax for me and in addition, not have it in electronic form.
Any suggestions?