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When voice data is transferred over Skype (News - Alert), some packet loss occurs without significantly affecting call quality. If data is lost during a fax transmission, however, then the document will display significant errors. For this reason, even though Skype offers a great free VoIP calling solution for millions, faxes cannot be sent over Skype network lines.

To appeal to Skype users who want to send faxes online, RingCentral (News - Alert) is offering a 30-day free trial that will give anyone with a Skype number an online fax number. The online fax number routes through an e-mail service because e-mail services can process faxes without data loss.

Instead of entering an e-mail address from your e-mail account, you simply enter your fax number where you would normally enter the outgoing e-mail address. Then, type in your text or attach documents that you want to be faxed to the number. RingCentral will then route the fax electronically to the number to which you want your document to be sent.

In addition to sending faxes through RingCentral, users can receive faxes and view them online. This helps SMBs to reduce their carbon footprint and to cut down on unnecessary paper usage.

In addition to offering online fax solutions, RingCentral offers Virtual PBX (News - Alert) for offices and mobile phones. Users register with RingCentral, after which they will either receive their Plug and Ring desk phones or access to an app that will allow them to transform their smartphone or tablet into a business phone extension.

RingCentral’s Virtual PBX features presence along with the ability to customize user or department fax and call routing rules. In one system, SMBs can connect multiple offices as well as remote employees.

With cloud-based phone and fax solutions like those provided by RingCentral, small businesses can have the same phone system functionality that was once only available to larger enterprises. The RingCentral system has won the PC Magazine Editor’s Choice Award, the Small Business Computing Excellence in Technology Award and the 2010 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award.

Users who stay with RingCentral after the 30-day trial will receive 500 pages of faxes per month starting at $7.99.