# Best freeware to send faxes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 8, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-freeware-to-send-faxes/484967 "2009-02-08T22:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-freeware-to-send-faxes/484967/1 "2009-02-08T22:08:00Z")
I’m finding myself suddenly working with some folks who still use faxes… That being said, is there any freeware any of you would recommend that I can use to send faxes from my PC over the internet? I don’t even have a land line anymore, so although my printer can fax, it doesn’t. Thanks in advance for your help. I did a google search, but I’m hesitant to get on some of those sites and download stuff w/o a good recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-freeware-to-send-faxes/484967/2 "2009-02-08T22:20:57Z")
Are you trying to send a fax to a dedicated fax machine? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-freeware-to-send-faxes/484967/3 "2009-02-08T22:23:41Z")
Not sure what you mean by “dedicated”. I believe that some of these are connected to land line phones. Is that what you were asking? Seems like [drop.io](http://drop.io) is highly though of. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-freeware-to-send-faxes/484967/4 "2009-02-08T22:40:51Z")
How about this? [http://faxzero.com/](http://faxzero.com/) The maximum you can send is two 3-page free faxes per day and there is an ad on the cover page. The premium service is a rip-off at 2 bucks per fax :eek: Edit: This one can send to other countries as well [http://www.freepopfax.com/](http://www.freepopfax.com/) ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-freeware-to-send-faxes/484967/5 "2009-02-08T23:22:46Z")
When I went to Vista on this machine, I lost the fax capability I’d enjoyed. I tried a number of freeware applications, but finally tried FaxMachine free for 30 days. I was happy enough with it after that that I paid $30 for it and it works like a charm. I see they’ve raised their price ten bucks, but as much as I need it, it would still be worth it. [http://www.nicocuppen.com/pit/editor/page\_h.php?id=1](http://www.nicocuppen.com/pit/editor/page_h.php?id=1) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-freeware-to-send-faxes/484967/6 "2009-02-10T00:03:34Z")
No one has any comments on [drop.io](http://drop.io)?