I had to cite this. It’s data from Germany, surveying 505 companies. 82% of them still fax. Notably, one-third of the respondents said their use of the 180-year-old technology is “frequent” or “very frequent.”
Why? “What is most valued about the classic fax machine is above all its ability to clearly trace whether something has been sent,” said Nils Britze, Bitkom’s head of digital business processes.
With all the talk of transformation of work, there’s still data on how long it takes for older technologies to be replaced. This isn’t instant, and we should remember that. Here’s yet another data point to remind us.. some of that old technology sticks around for a very, very long time.
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