Fax Machines Will Never Die

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Each morning, Rodney Eddins, an accountant in Orlando, Fla., checks his fax machine first. Then he turns to his answering machine and his e-mail.

"IF any of Rodney Eddins's accounting clients want his undivided attention at work first thing in the morning, they should shun e-mail or his telephone answering machine. Instead, they should send him a fax.

"The first thing I look at when I arrive is the incoming tray of my fax machine," said Mr. Eddins, a certified public accountant in Orlando, Fla., who has had his own practice for a decade. "If there's paper there, I feel like I have to look at it." Only after he sorts through the morning's faxes - though most on a recent day were ads like one for a workplace deodorizing service - does Mr. Eddins log on to his computer and listen to his phone messages."

Guess the fax will never really go away. I know I have one sitting next to me right now. It only comes to live when something about low home refinancing rates or gardening service comes in.

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