Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account or subscription required

Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by kunle on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:21PM (#15486342)

J2?

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Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by emddudley on Monday October 16, 2017 @05:06PM (#15486656)

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jayson-demers/is-google-compl...

> J2 Global operates numerous, nearly identical websites such as eFax.com, RapidFax.com, MyFax.com, MetroFax.com, SmartFax.com and Fax.com that all offer the same internet fax services. As a result, J2 effectively controls over 90% of the internet fax market.

> ... the methodology of litigation that J2 employs has allowed for them to sue any competitors for infringing on a patent held by J2 over all faxes using an email, regardless of whether they are using PHP, SMTP or .NET gateways in the emails.

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Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by fencepost on Monday October 16, 2017 @05:56PM (#15486952)

As a note because it's not clear from searches, the "Integrated Global Concepts" in that article owned Maxemail.com, which was taken over by J2 in late 2016.

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Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by xachen on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:56PM (#15486578)

They own most fax brands. And allegedly sue (unless you settle) virtually every electronic fax provider for patent infringement.

Source: Used to work for, then own a fax brand many years ago.

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