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
[Verified 8/23/2008]
FREE SERVICES -
International destinations
Various Nations
FreeFaxButton lets users fax up to three messages per day to the United States or Canada, plus 41 additional countries. Scroll down on the FreeFaxButton homepage for the PIN code you must enter to fax for free.
Go to FreeFaxButton
[Verified 8/23/2008]
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
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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/
[Verified 8/23/2008]
WriteToThem
For U.K. citizens only, this charity-run service (formerly FaxYourMP) lets you contact your Member of Parliament
for free.
http://www.WriteToThem.com
[Verified 8/25/2008]
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. Users can send one free page without registering.
The fax form is available in English, Traditional Chinese 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
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Italy and England
Provides free fax to email service to Milan (02) and Rome (06) Italy as well as London, England (44-207). Service is receive-only. To receive, and for other
areas, there is a per-page fee. A limit on the number of faxes received starts after three months. Send a message:
To: faxnumber@fax.messagenet.it
For more information:
http://www.FreeFax.it
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FREE SERVICES -
Canadian destinations
Winnipeg City (+1-204)
This service through the University of Manitoba allows you to send a fax to Winnipeg City, Canada (+1-204.) You can attach a plain text (.txt) file.
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 5 lines>
FAXmemoend
<Whole fax body>
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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
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FaxZero
See the listing for FaxZero, which can send faxes throughout Canada.
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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, WA, 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
[Verified 8/23/2008]
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 to the recipient, but costs the caller 10p per minute. 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 at least once during any two-month period, your account will be terminated.
http://www.callsure07050.co.uk/faxtoemail.html
[Verified 8/23/2008]