Who Uses a fax in this day and age
Feb 1, 2019, 6:52 am
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Who Uses a fax in this day and age
I recently flew RJ on a BA 125 ticket but the tier points / miles failed to appear. I visited the web site and RJ are not in the drop down list so it was print this form and fax it. I completed the form, copied the boarding pass as requested and approached the BA lounge agent to ask if I could use their fax, to which she retorted "Who Uses a fax in this day and age". to which I replied BA apparently. Eventually arrived in GF at T5 where I was able to fax but this seems so outdated in a modern age. Got to be a better solution in this era.
Feb 1, 2019, 7:00 am
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The NHS too, though this is changing by Government decree...
Feb 1, 2019, 7:23 am
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The National Severe Weather Warning Service is still distributed by fax (though it can also be done via email and SMS) and I've been getting regular updates by fax in recent hours. As a hill farmer, where internet and mobile phone networks are not always reliable in bad weather, I can see they could still be saving lives.
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co...gedy-1-1400700
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co...gedy-1-1400700
Feb 1, 2019, 8:03 am
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Mainly Marriott, apparently.
Last time I was asked to fax something in by BA I spoke to a customer service agent who sent me to a webpage where you can actually upload documents instead of having to fax. Not sure why they're still not linking to the page - this must have been 5 years ago.
Last time I was asked to fax something in by BA I spoke to a customer service agent who sent me to a webpage where you can actually upload documents instead of having to fax. Not sure why they're still not linking to the page - this must have been 5 years ago.
Feb 1, 2019, 8:23 am
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I have just ‘retired’ my last Fax-capable printer. I must say I rarely needed it, but there were certainly some organisations who preferred this method. Nowadays it seems to be ‘scan & email’, although that may not be quite as robust as just shoving the image down a telephone line.
Of course the one great benefit of Fax was delivery to a dedicated ‘phone line, instead of (as now) exposing an e-mail address.
Of course the one great benefit of Fax was delivery to a dedicated ‘phone line, instead of (as now) exposing an e-mail address.
Feb 1, 2019, 8:27 am
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I have a 21 year old, larger than a microwave, one that still sits on my counter. It shares a phone line with my business, so I unplug it when not faxing out. I switched to an online fax scheme 5 years ago, which delivers it by email. This covers the 3-4 faxes I get per year, without needed a seperate line. Heck, at one time I even had a tollfree number that spelled out something for the fax.
The reason it’s unplugged, is if the electricity goes out, when it comes back on it changes the pickup mode, and customers after hours just get the fax tone instead of voicemail.
The reason it’s unplugged, is if the electricity goes out, when it comes back on it changes the pickup mode, and customers after hours just get the fax tone instead of voicemail.