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eFax

Receiving faxes

Free

Free

Local fax number

Yes (must join high-end service at $12.50 a month)

Yes (must join high-end service at $9.95 a month per number)

Cost per month

$4.95 Lite/$12.50 Premier

$9.95 ($10 activation fee)

Fax to text conversion-OCR

No

Yes

800 fax number

No ($12.50/month, five cents per page received on average)

Yes ($9.95 plus $10 activation fee, 10-cent charge per page received)

Preview one page of document

No

Yes

Send faxes wirelessly via Palm VII

Yes

Sort of (can only forward, not create)

Send faxes to multiple recipients

Yes

Yes

Have to convert attachments?

Yes

No (for most applications)