| Unless you're already living a mile underground, you | | | | for this reason. Granted, this may be a secondary |
| will have probably noticed our planet is in trouble. | | | | reason as most opt for Internet fax because it is |
| Serious trouble. | | | | much simpler and easier to use than regular faxing. It |
| With global warming, climate change, melting polar ice | | | | is also very convenient to have access to your faxes |
| caps, severe weather conditions... the truth, | | | | anywhere and anytime. You are no longer tied to |
| convenient or otherwise, is as evident as your next | | | | your old fax machine. |
| weather forecast. And the outlook is not looking too | | | | MyFax is one fax service provider who is actively |
| bright for this planet and everyone living on it. | | | | promoting the green angle in their marketing. It may |
| As different countries struggle to get their act | | | | prove to be a very smart marketing move as more |
| together to help solve this very serious problem, | | | | potential customers become environmentally savvy |
| environmentally savvy individuals and companies are | | | | and switch their future purchases to more "green" |
| doing their part to ease this crisis. For even small | | | | choices. |
| changes in individual behavior or actions can add up to | | | | In order to take advantage of these "green" benefits |
| a big difference, especially as greater numbers of | | | | you have to start using Internet fax. First you have |
| people take the whole issue of climate change more | | | | to sign up to an Internet fax service provider who |
| seriously. | | | | will give you your own toll-free or local fax number. |
| One such area of action is Internet fax. It has | | | | You also get an online interface (site) where you can |
| proven to be an environmentally friendly way of | | | | send and receive your faxes. You can also store |
| faxing, mainly because Internet or online faxing is | | | | your faxes online. |
| paperless. Just as email has saved valuable resources, | | | | There are many well-known fax providers such as |
| so too does Internet fax. | | | | MyFax, eFax, TrustFax, Rapidfax, Send2fax... as well |
| According to Energy Star, a U.S. environmental | | | | as lesser-known yet very good services such as |
| protection agency, copiers and fax machines are the | | | | Faxage out of Denver and MetroHiSpeed out of |
| most energy-intensive types of business equipment | | | | Seattle, which are also worth considering. |
| because they are paper-intensive and are left on 24 | | | | There is a small service charge for these faxing |
| hours a day. Keep in mind, paper production in terms | | | | services that can be a very modest ($20 a year) to |
| of energy used is second only to petroleum, so using | | | | around $10 a month - depending on your faxing |
| less paper products can only be seen as a good | | | | needs. Keep in mind, international faxing rates will be |
| practice. | | | | more expensive. |
| Internet fax is using the web and your email system | | | | Regardless of which service you choose, using |
| to do your faxing; and because you send and receive | | | | Internet fax is one way you can go green. It might |
| your faxes as email attachments, it is paperless. In | | | | seem like a small act but every little step in the right |
| addition, you don't need an old-fashion fax machine | | | | direction counts when you're conserving valuable |
| and there's no need for a second phone line. All these | | | | resources. |
| factors make Internet fax an obvious choice for | | | | So why not go green with Internet fax? You will not |
| those conscious of needlessly wasting valuable | | | | only discover an easier and more convenient way to |
| resources in their business routines. | | | | fax, but you may just help save the planet in the |
| Using Internet fax is one way of going green. Many | | | | process. Now you don't really need Al Gore to tell |
| individuals and companies are now using Internet fax | | | | you how important that is? Do you? |