Free Fax Number

I am not a big fax user, but occasionally I have contacts who want to fax me something - a drawing, or a receipt, or an urgent document. And if they don't have the original in electonic form, and if they don't have a scanner, faxing it is the only solution.



Even if I did have a need to receive a lot of faxes, I would now never buy a fax machine. You can send and receive faxes via your own computer, of course. However, that is never easy for a variety of reasons: you have to have your software switched on to receive and you have to use a non-broadband connection. And, if you have a dedicated fax machine, unless you have a separate fax line, you and your callers face the inevitable uncertainty about whether or not an incoming call is a fax or a voice call.

Digital Messaging are offering an 070... free fax number. Once you have signed up and selected your free 070 number, set up your details, then give the number to all your contacts who are likely to want to fax you. They can then fax the number. The fax is received at Digital Messaging and sent to your email address as an attachment. So, there is no worry about whether your fax software is set to receive or whether your computer is turned on, and no worry about whether there is ink or paper in your fax machine. And certainly not the expense of a dedicated fax line. The cost is paid by the person sending the fax. The number looks like a mobile number and the charges are roughly equivalent to the person making a call to a mobile number.

Although the 070 numbers are free, if you want to pay for a particular number, Digital Messaging can also offer you a choice of 0800, 0845, 0870, 0871 number. They have a huge range of numbers, so the chances are you could select a number to suit your preferences.

This solution really does take the worry out of receiving faxes. If you like this service, why not fax mine to let me know (07050 601067). I would appreciate the feedback.

Single Mobile Number for Life for Free

Whenever my mobile contract comes up for renewal I always shop around looking for a better deal, and sometimes I find one because the competition between mobile networks is so tough. However, changing your mobile phone number can be inconvenient, and for businesses the costs can be huge. Yet most of us are unlikely to have a single mobile number for life.

Now it's possible to have a single mobile number for life. Just get a Digital Messaging 070059 number and let them know which number your calls diverted to. All calls to your 070059 number are then automatically diverted to your handset. When you change handsets or networks, you simply go online and change the number that you want your 070059 number to divert to. It's that simple.

Digital Messaging are happy to give you a free number and divert your calls for free (no charge to you) because they make money on the incoming calls to you. However, your callers aren't ripped off either. They only pay the equivalent of the BT 'K' rate which is comparable to the normal cost of calling a mobile.

And if you frequently leave your mobile turned off, you can also set your free for life mobile number to search you on up to two landline numbers of your choice. And you can also get a free fax number as well!

I have found that one of the major benefits of this service is the control it gives me over where my calls go to. If I want a break from calls I can easily set up a divert to have them forwarded to my office so that a human being rather than an answerphone can stand in for me. One of my friends (a single woman running a business) feels perfectly happy to put her Digital Messaging number on her website and on publicity because she knows that if she is ever hassled, she can simply change the divert of switch it off without interfering with her other numbers.

Why not try it? It really is free so you have nothing to lose.

Meebo

Access all your messaging services (AIM, ICQ, Jabber, GTalk, Yahoo, MSN) with one online login.

Yes, I know there are various messenger programs around that allow you to login to more than one messaging service at the same time (Yahoo and MSN together, for example). What makes Meebo different is that it isn't a progam that you have to install, but a service that you access online.



There are two distinct advantages to this. First, and perhaps most importantly, Meebo allows you to use your messaging services on computers where you do not have a messaging program installed or where you are not allowed to install one. So, for example, in the school, college, office, or Internet Cafe where you are not permitted to install software, you can happily chat with your buddies using at least four chat services that you would otherwise be unable to. Secondly, providing you can get online, you can easily access your messages and send them from any computer, regardless of your geographical location, and regardless of what chat software (if any) is available.

You do not even have to sign up for an account with Meebo. You can use their free services just by visting the site and logging into your chat services using your existing usernames and passwords. However, if you do sign up for a free account with them, they enable you to login to all your chat services with a single Meebo user name and password, and keep chat logs.