Terry's Computer Tips - Newsletter
June 24, 2007
Volume 3, Number 2 — Sunday, June 24, 2007
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7. Internet Access — Traveling Without Your Computer
If you're on business and are visiting one of your company's other locations, you can probably use a computer there to check your business email. Depending on the company's Internet Acceptable Use Policy, you may or may not be allowed to check your personal email.
Tech Tip
Remember that the Internet Acceptable Use Policy is a corporate policy. It is designed to tell you what you can and can't do. The company network may, or may not, prevent violations of the policy. Just because the network does not block you from doing something or from going somewhere on the Internet, do not assume that it is permitted.
Many hotels have a business center that is open to the hotel's guests. Sometimes, the computers are available for use for free. Other hotels will charge you based on the time that you use it. Remember that this is a public computer and some scumbag may have installed a software or hardware keylogger on the computer. This type of computer would be my last choice for conducting business or personal business.
Airports sometimes have a similar business center. Internet Cafes, providing computer use and coffee/drink/food are available in some cities and some parts of the world.
If you're visiting friends and family, you might request their permission to use their computer to check your email. Most Internet Service Providers provide you with the ability to access your email via a web browser. The URL is usually http://webmail.example.com , such as http://webmaiil.cox.net and http://webmail.bellsouth.net .
Get Faxes Direct to Your Email
About a week ago, I signed up for a service at which I had been looking for a while. CallWave Fax to Email lets me have a local fax number — in whatever area code that I desire — that receives faxes, turns them into Adobe Reader PDF files, and emails them to me.
I get all that for $7.95 per month, with an unlimited number of faxes received (some of their competitors have higher prices AND limits on how many faxes you can receive!). CallWave offers a risk-free trial — try it for 30 days. If you don't like it, cancel it before the 30 day trial is up and owe nothing.
Amazingly, this whole service costs much less than a phone line would cost, plus, I don't to worry about the machine itself, paper, ink or toner. PDF's are easier to keep, too — of course I can print the PDF if I really want a hard copy.
If you already have your own dedicated fax line, you can even convert it to Fax to Email and keep the same phone number — and, CallWave Fax to Email is still only $7.95 per month. There's a $25 one-time activation fee to make the conversion.
Give CallWave Fax to Email a try. Sign up at http://terryscomputertips.com/Fax2Email
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