How does fax2email work?
The sender faxes his/her document to your free 086 fax to email number
The Fax2Email service converts the fax into a TIFF or PDF email attachment
You receive the fax via your email
Save, print or forward your faxes
The 086 fax to email number
Telkom provides the 086 fax to email numbers for use by individuals and companies.
Telkom charges a premium rate for the 086 numbers and share the profits with the fax to email companies.
Currently, we offer 0866 numbers, but due to the growth the 0865 range has also been added and further numbers may be added as our service grows.
How much does it cost to call an 086 fax to email number?
086 rates
The number range is 0862, 0865, 0866, 08673, 08774, 08676: Fax to Email caller always pay increasing rate linked to last digits
Other 08 numbers not to be confused with Fax-To-Email numbers
080: FreeCall, Toll-free, called party pays
0811 - 0814: Telkom Mobile (8ta)
082: Cellular: Vodacom
083: Cellular: MTN
084: Cellular: Cell C
085: Cellular: USAL license holders - Vodacom and MTN have some prefixes out of this range for their USAL offerings
086: Sharecall, MaxiCall and premium-rate services, calls can be routed to regional offices automatically
0860: Sharecall Land line callers pay local call, called party pays long distance if applicable
0861: MaxiCall caller always pay long distance for call even if routed to local office
0862 - 9: Premium rate caller pays increasing rate linked to last digit
0862, 0865, 0866, 08673, 08774, 08676: Fax to Email caller always pay increasing rate linked to last digits
08622, 086294: Competition lines caller always pay premium rate
08671 - 08674: Information services caller always pay increasing rate linked to last digit
087: Value-added services (VoIP among others)
088: Pagers and Telkom CallAnswer voicemail
089: Maxinet, for polls and radio call-in services
Other telephone dialing codes in South Africa that is not linked to the Fax-To-Email service
00: International access code effective from 16 October 2006 and mandatory from 16 January 2007.
01: The old Transvaal province, currently comprising Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and part of the North West:
010: New overlay plan announced for Johannesburg (proposed November 2001)
011: Witwatersrand region around Johannesburg, currently code for entire Greater Johannesburg
012: Pretoria and surrounding towns (also includes Brits)
013: Western and northern Mpumalanga: Middelburg, Witbank and Nelspruit
014: Northern North West and Southwestern Limpopo: Rustenburg and Modimolle
015: Northern and Eastern Limpopo: Polokwane
016: Vaal Triangle: Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg, which constitutes an anomaly, since Sasolburg isn't the old Transvaal.
017: Southern Mpumalanga: Ermelo
018: Southern North West: Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp
02: Western and Northern Cape:
021: Cape Town metropole and surrounds, including Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Gordon's Bay
022: Boland and West Coast: Malmesbury
023: Worcester and greater Karoo, including Beaufort West
024: Somerset West (Became 021 in 1996)
027: Namaqualand (Northern Cape): Vredendal, Calvinia, Clanwilliam, Springbok, Alexander Bay, Port Nolloth
028: Southern region: Swellendam and Caledon / Hermanus region.
03: KwaZulu-Natal:
031: Durban
032: KZN North coast region: Stanger
033: Pietermaritzburg and KwaZulu-Natal Midlands
034: Vryheid, Newcastle and Northern KZN
035: Zululand region: St. Lucia, Richards Bay
036: Drakensberg region: Ladysmith
039: South coast: Port Shepstone and interior, and Eastern Pondoland (in Eastern Cape)
04: Eastern Cape and eastern parts of the Western Cape:
040: Bhisho
041: Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage
042: Southern region: Humansdorp
043: East London and surrounds
044: Garden Route, including Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay and George
045: Central region: Queenstown
046: Southern region: Grahamstown
047: Mthatha / most of previous Transkei
048: Northern region: Steynsburg
049: Western region: Graaff-Reinet
04: Eastern Cape and eastern parts of the Western Cape:
040: Bhisho
041: Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage
042: Southern region: Humansdorp
043: East London and surrounds
044: Garden Route, including Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay and George
045: Central region: Queenstown
046: Southern region: Grahamstown
047: Mthatha / most of previous Transkei
048: Northern region: Steynsburg
049: Western region: Graaff-Reinet
05: Free State and Northern Cape
051: Central and southern region: Bloemfontein, and Aliwal North in E Cape
053: Kimberley, eastern part of Northern Cape, far west of NW province
054: Upington, Gordonia region
056: Northern Free State: Kroonstad
057: Northern Free State: Welkom (Goldfields region)
058: Eastern Free State: Bethlehem
06: Currently unused.
Was South-West Africa (now Namibia) until 1992, when direct dialing was discontinued. and replaced by international dialing with the +264 country code. For example, for a call from South Africa to Windhoek, before and after 1992:
Before 1992: 061
After 1992: 09 26461
After Jan 2007: 00 26461
07: Cellular
0710: MTN (spill-over from 083)
0711 - 0716: Vodacom (spill-over from 082)
0717 - 0719: MTN (spill-over from 083)
072: Vodacom (spill-over from 082)
073: MTN (spill-over from 083)
074: Cell C (Cell C has allocated 0741 to Virgin Mobile)
0741: Virgin Mobile as of June 2006
076: Vodacom (spill-over from 082)
078: MTN (spill-over from 083)
079: Vodacom (spill-over from 082)
09: Old International access code no longer in use.
Benefits of using our Free Fax2Email service
- Fax2Email is FREE for the recipient!
- Instant sign up - fill in the application form and your 086 fax number is ready to use
- Works on all email accounts including Facebook, Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo!
- Get an 086 fax number for life
- Receive your faxes as an attachment by email
- Your fax number moves with you
- Receive your faxes anywhere in the world
- Eco-friendly - No paper is required to receive faxes
- Our Free Fax2email service saves you time and money
- No more lost faxes
- We are South Africa's fastest growing fax2email agent!
How does fax to email work?
Why is fax2email free? How can it be free? Why would anybody offer a free fax2email service? There must be a catch?
- Receive free fax2emails
Your faxes are sent to your email at no charge to you, the receiver
- No hardware or software required (other than your email and an image or pdf viewer)
- No special training required
- No in-house IT department to support the service
It is very easy to set up a free fax2email.
Once you have signed up for a free fax2email, you get a free fax number which starts with 0865 or 0866 fax2email number.
People then send you a fax and you receive the fax as an attachment to the email you specified when you signed up.
This is great idea as you save on paper and you don't need an extra Telkom line for your fax.
You can also receive your faxes anywhere in the world where you have access to your emails.
There are many benefits to the fax recipient, but why is fax2email free?
The answer lies with the sender. Fax2emails are charged at premium Telkom rates.
The rates are still very reasonable and it offers convenience and reliability to both sender and receiver.
Wikipedia definitions of Fax to email may be found under "Internet Fax" or "online faxing":
"Online faxing (also known as Internet fax, digital fax and e fax) utilizes an online fax service provider to convert a fax transmission into file that can be received via email or a fax machine. Online fax services bridge the gap between the traditional fax technology and internet transmission of documents. When you sign up with an online fax service, you will be assigned a dedicated fax phone number that will convert incoming faxes to electric document that are automatically sent to your computer or fax machine. Document is converted to TIFF or PDF format and attached to an e-mail in MIME format. The service also allow you to send document like Word, PDF's, or pictures file"
