Faxes are a very efficient way to send documents from point A to point B using phone lines. They are a speedy, convenient, and common form of communication. But not everybody wants, or needs, to own a fax machine.
It can be real nuisance to own a fax machine. If you want the machine to be able to receive faxes at all times, then it needs it own phone line, which can be expensive. Then you need a place to put the machine itself, and there are maintenance issues you get to deal with. Most people just don’t want to have to deal with the issues that come along with owning a fax machine.
