Estate Planning

The first question that I had when deciding on how to handle faxes is do I need a separate line from the phone company.  Originally I assumed that I would need to purchase a fax machine and set up a new line for that machine.  I did some research, looked into the prices and as I was about to purchase a brand new fax machine I was turned on to online fax services.  These companies provide a local fax number for receiving faxes and send you a PDF or TIFF of a fax sent to you by email.

The choice between a conventional fax machine and the online service was a no-brainer.  The online services are cheaper and I can send and receive faxes anywhere I have internet access.  I narrowed my choices down to GreenFax, Metro Hi Speed.  The decision was made based solely on economics.  Metro Hi Speed was the same monthly charge as GreenFax, but Metro included more incoming and outgoing fax pages. 

As an estate planner in Minneapolis I am committed to a paperless office.  I should mention that a “paperless” is a bit of a misnomer as you can never be truley paperless, you can only strive to use less paper.  Non-sequitars aside I look forward to testing out Metro Hi Speed.