FAQ: How can I send a fax from the Internet?

Free Fax Services


FREE SERVICES - United States destinations

FaxZero

FaxZero lets you send up to two free faxes per day to anywhere in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico) and Canada. There is a limit of 3 pages per fax. An ad will appear on the cover page. Faxes may be text, Microsoft Word .DOC files, or .PDF files. An optional $1.99 version removes the cover page ad and allows up to 15 pages per fax.
     Send a free fax with FaxZero
Rated by 79 people. Reliability: 5.2. Cost: 6.1. Features: 3.9. Satisfaction: 5.2. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/10/2008]


FREE SERVICES - International destinations

Costa Rica

This site lets you send free faxes to Costa Rica. You can send a fax anywhere in the country and check the delivery status. The web pages are in Spanish. Click 'Para enviar un Fax presione Aqu’' to send a fax. Click 'Consultar el estado de un fax enviado' to see the status of sent faxes. Free registration required.
     http://www.nacion.co.cr/netinc/cortesia/fax.html
Rated by 13 people. Reliability: 4. Cost: 4.5. Features: 4.3. Satisfaction: 5. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/14/2006]

Germany & Austria

The site is in German. According to a German translator, the site allows free fax transmission worldwide. You can also get a free fax number in Germany or Austria for receipt via email. Faxes include advertising to cover costs, and subscribers expressly permit advertising to be sent to their email address for 6 months.
     http://www.denotos.com/demo.php3
Rated by 18 people. Reliability: 5.8. Cost: 5.4. Features: 4.8. Satisfaction: 5.3. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/14/2006]

Germany, Italy, Austria, France & Switzerland

The site is in German. According to a German translator, it offers free fax transmission to Germany, Italy, Austria, France and Switzerland. Faxes are sent from Germany between 18.00 and 02:00. Maximum two faxes per day, maximum three pages each. No advertising.
     http://www.faxen-online.de/
Rated by 11 people. Reliability: 4.1. Cost: 5.6. Features: 3.5. Satisfaction: 4.6. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/14/2006]

FaxYourMP

For U.K. citizens only, this service lets you fax your Member of Parliament for free.
     http://www.FaxYourMP.com
Rated by 6 people. Reliability: 6.7. Cost: 6. Features: 6. Satisfaction: 6.8. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/14/2006]

Hong Kong

Outfax.com lets you send free faxes to Hong Kong, up to 10 pages, with support for many graphics and text file formats. The fax form is available in English, Traditional Chinsese, and Simplified Chinese. Users can use any language to fill in the cover page form and attach documents in any language.
     http://www.outfax.com
Rated by 8 people. Reliability: 6.5. Cost: 7. Features: 5.4. Satisfaction: 6.9. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/14/2006]

Italy

Provides free fax to email service to Milan (02) and Rome (06) Italy. For other areas there is a per-page fee. Send a message:
     To: faxnumber@fax.messagenet.it
For more information (the Web site is in Italian):
     http://www.FreeFax.it
Rated by 11 people. Reliability: 4.5. Cost: 4.8. Features: 4.6. Satisfaction: 4.7. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/14/2006]

FREE SERVICES - Canadian destinations

Winnipeg City (+1-204)

This service allows you to send a fax to Winnipeg City, Canada (+1-204.) To use, send e-mail
     To: fax@umanitoba.ca
     Body:
         FAXnumber: <local 7-digit fax number to dial>
         FAXto: <Receiver's name>
         FAXfrom: <sender's name>
         FAXcontact: <sender's phone number>
         FAXmemobegin
           <Optional memo text on the cover page, up to 20 lines>
         FAXmemoend
           <Whole fax body>
Rated by 8 people. Reliability: 4.6. Cost: 3.5. Features: 4. Satisfaction: 4. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/15/2006]

Montreal (+1-514 & 1-450)

Send a fax anywhere in Montreal, free. Web page is in English and French. You can check the status of your fax as well.
     http://www.vif.com/run/fax/index.shtml
Rated by 12 people. Reliability: 6.3. Cost: 7. Features: 4.6. Satisfaction: 6.3. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 4/14/2006]

FaxZero

See the listing for FaxZero, which can send faxes throughout Canada.


FREE SERVICES - For Receiving Faxes Only

The following free services let you receive faxes, but not send them.

K7.net

K7 offers free incoming voicemail and fax messages delivered to your e-mail box as WAV or TIF files. All phone numbers are assigned in Seattle, CA, USA (area code 1-206.) You must receive at least one fax or voicemail message per month, or your account may be deleted.
     http://www.k7.net
Rated by 14 people. Reliability: 6.9. Cost: 7. Features: 5. Satisfaction: 6.9. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 3/27/2008]

FaxDigits

FaxDigits' free fax service provides a phone number for incoming faxes, which are delivered to your email box as PDF files. (My assigned phone number was in the 515 area code: Des Moines, Iowa.) The Premium option ($7.95 month) gives you a toll-free or local phone number in your choice of cities.
     Go to FaxDigits
Rated by 5 people. Reliability: 1.4. Cost: 5.2. Features: 2. Satisfaction: 1.4. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 3/27/2008]

CallSure

Want a fax number in the U.K? CallSure will provide a U.K. fax number that you can forward to e-mail (for delivery in PCX, PDF, or DCX formats.) This service is free. For a fee, you can have voice or fax calls to that U.K. number forwarded to another number in another country. If you don't use the number for a certain time period, your account will be terminated.
     http://www.callsure07050.co.uk/faxtoemail.html
Rated by 8 people. Reliability: 5.5. Cost: 5.5. Features: 4.9. Satisfaction: 5.6. (Each out of 7.)
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[Verified 3/27/2008]

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