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Fax machines: while they were once a staple of modern business, contemporary small businesses now seem to be doing everything they can to phase out the technology. That’s understandable, as fax machines are gigantic, environmentally unfriendly, and expensive.
Instead, small businesses have been moving to online solutions – using their printers as faxes, sending scanned emails, and much more. There are services on the Internet that allow you to send virtual faxes to physical faxes, and vice versa.
However, there’s a new technology that brings it all together, and best of all, there’s no additional charge for the fax capabilities: a virtual phone system.
Virtual phone systems provide call routing capabilities for small businesses. Calls are answered by a “Virtual Receptionist” who then sends the call to the specified party.
The systems come packed with features, but one in particular, Virtual Call System, offers a great solution for businesses who want fax capabilities without any additional cost: they offer a “virtual fax” service, where faxes sent to your phone number can be automatically captured by the program. They’re then converted to PDF, and sent to your email for easy reading and storage.
It’s the next step in the evolution of the fax: first it was giant machines, then it was online solutions, and now it’s a special feature with your phone solution.
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