Broadcast fax is a feature that permits somebody to send a document or documents to several receivers at the same time. Documents that have to be sent to a huge audience, eg press releases, PR releases, newsletters, or other sorts of information, are sometimes sent by broadcast fax. Some firms typically send meeting or workshop registration reminders, invoices, and other materials

using this type of communication. Some business fax machines have speed dial features that may simulate a broadcast fax.

Other enterprises use the Net for all faxing functions and get a modem which has broadcast faxing capacities. Other enterprises contract with a company or purchase software to send broadcast fax documents. One benefit of employing a service to send broadcast faxes is that the company's individual fax machine isn't tied up in the transmission of the broadcast fax. By employing a Web service, a company does not have to have special computer kit, fax boards or servers, special software, or multiple telephone lines.

When employing a broadcast fax service, the user uploads a list of fax receivers and the matching fax numbers, with the document that's to be dispatched. Some broadcast fax services provide automated area code correction. Some also provide the power to exclude precise fax numbers, to stop unwelcome faxed documents from being sent. The benefits of using the Net for faxing are rather numerous, though imperfect for all circumstances.

A business doesn't need an extra telephone line, as is needed by a standard fax machine. With Internet faxing, there aren't any paper, ink, or toner costs or repairs. Some find that Net faxing makes it faster to control faxes. Web faxing also disposes of the likelihood of missing a fax as a result of a fax machine being turned off, a busy signal, or no paper or ink.

With the appearance of broadcast fax, some firms use the feature rather than direct mail. One benefit of faxing is that direct mail pieces can be lost in regular mail. Broadcast fax also has an automated redial feature that ensures delivery. Other corporations use broadcast fax to contact prospects or new consumers to sell a product.