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Ah, so they've also stopped keeping fax around as well right?...RIGHT??
So, let me tell a little story from a couple of months ago. We were migrating a big system and we discovered that it was still sending fax to some destinations. We still have a fax server running. The way it works is that we send an email to @fax.mycompany.com and it will send the fax to that number.
So, we contacted the destinations and some declared that they didn't even had faxes anymore. BUT, a few others still had them and, what a surprise, it was a fax server that would receive the fax... and transform it in an email!
Of course, we changed those services and retired the fax server.
I have a story like this too. Every month my power company mails me a physical bill. The only way to pay it without a fee is by mailing a physical check or driving to the office and handing them cash. There is no auto pay. There is no way to check how much you owe online, but you can by phone if you call the office and Darlene is working because she’s the only one that “knows the system.” You can pay online, but you pay 15 dollars to do so. That’s the end of my story, there’s no happy ending.
Ahh, that’s so satisfying to read..