I've been using a fax-to-email service for almost 10 years now. I've most recently been using a Japanese service named faxcast. Last month I got a notice from them saying that they were effectively raising their fee by $50/year (by getting rid of their yearly plan, where we paid 10 months' worth for a year).

This caused me to reexamine my fax usage. Going back over the past year, I found that I've only received two faxes through the service, neither of which were work related. Nowadays, almost all the translation documents I get are in electronic form. Companies that used to send me faxes now scan them themselves and send them as PDF attachments via email.

So there's really not much use in me keeping up this service. I have a fax machine in my office for the rare occasion that anyone would want to send me a fax, and $300/year for a service I never use is a bit much. I therefore decided to cancel my fax-to-email service as of January 20. I guess I should thank faxcast for raising their prices and making me reconsider their service (although it might not be exactly the effect they were hoping for <g>).