It's such a backward technology though and outside the convenience
most people's (or bureaucrats') rationales for wanting faxed copies
of something are deeply flawed. The assumption is that a faxed
document is somehow a proof of veracity than an EPS signature on an
electronic document. They are, of course, both easily faked.

On top of that fax on a data compression can't compare to e-mail or
relatively plain text and the quality of multiply faxed documents is
awful.

And on top of all that, the idea that you get a digital file, print
it out, write on it, scan it in and send it (whether via
computer/scanner or fax machine) and the other person does the
opposite at the other end (often needing a digital copy) is
absolutely absurd in an age of environmental concerns.

Fax should die.


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