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Old 9th Dec 2018, 10:39 am   #7
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Default Re: Government bans fax machines in the NHS

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Originally Posted by barrymagrec View Post
I haven`t received a fax for probably 15 years - it didn`t occur to me that anyone still used them.
Apparently the NHS is the biggest customer for new fax machines globally.

I can see why they have persisted for so long though - they are a simple technology with no integration or compatibility issues. It's easy to switch from postmen to fax machines, but hugely difficult to switch to anything better, no matter how much objective sense that might make.
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