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> And their fax machine only answers during business hours; it's powered-off outside of business hours. Why?

In some cases, privacy laws require that fax machines be actively monitored so that sensitive personal information is not just left sitting around in the open for hours.

Yes, there could probably be alleviated with sort form of purely digital fax system, but for regular fax machines, this could be why they are only available during staffed hours.



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