Similarly, eFax stopped promoting their free fax service a long time ago.

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Introduces first intercity fax service.

FORBES: Wire to Wire

The decision, which allows impacted users to file compensatory claims, stems from a 2008 - 2009 incident in which a private German citizen incurred a loss of phone, fax and internet service over a two month period.

ENGADGET: In Germany, internet service providers pay you! (for loss of service)

MCI, WorldCom had given the old guard a nasty fright by launching a service to carry fax traffic over the Internet.

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People were duped into sending a partial or full payment to a third-party agent via a wire transfer payment service and to fax their payment receipt to the seller as proof of payment.

FORBES: Where Americans Lost Money Online

These systems are supposed to allow consumers to review health plans online (or in person and by mail and fax), pick one and then ping HHS and the Internal Revenue Service to determine who is eligible for what subsidies.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Hope and Exchange

The Act demands that organisations it dubs Communication Service Providers (CSP) - broadly anyone that helps people keep in touch via the web, fax machine or phone - install technology that can automatically monitor what many of their customers are doing.

BBC: Switch on for state snooping