Emails verses Phone Calls and Snailmail.

SusanUKF · 29 Oct 2004, 09:13 AM

I was just curious how people communicate in general on the forum. Do you use emails the most, or instant messengers more, phone people (either land line or cell), use voice over the net, or snailmail. I want to know how many people here use email as their main communication tool.

I myself mostly email, IM, and skype the most and I rarely use the phone or snailmail. I chose IM as number one for me incidentally!

Susan.

**psalzer** · 29 Oct 2004, 09:34 AM

I didn't vote because how I communicate is not entirely up to me. I prefer e-mail for most things. I like the idea that you can communicate quickly but at your own convenience and you don't have to worry about schedules. I still get phone calls when an e-mail will do just as well, though.

war17 · 29 Oct 2004, 09:36 AM

I use mostly emails.

xmailer · 29 Oct 2004, 01:49 PM

Like psalzer, I also didn't vote, since, aside from snailmail, which I can't remember when I last used, and "skype" and the like, which I've never used (although I have tried voice chat with the yahoo messenger a few times, but it doesn't work extremely well with dialup, which is still the only type of internet access I ever use), I don't think I could easily estimate which of the others I use the most, since I use all of them at various times with mostly the same people, depending on which is most practical or convenient at the moment for the "type" of communication needed.

SusanUKF · 29 Oct 2004, 09:58 PM

Before the internet I spent a lot of time on long distance phone calls. The interesting thing is sometimes one would call the person and you end up talking for a long time and saying nothing that signicant; but now when writing emails back and forth with these same people we end up having great conversations and I think we are actually *saying* more, so it is great!!
(I still have a few friends with internet-compatable pc's who still do not have the interent though and I have to admit that we have become more distant, as my husband made me give up the long-distance calling plan when we went to the ultra high speed internet! Financially it was a necessity to choose, and the net won...

).

Susan.

mf1941 · 29 Oct 2004, 11:25 PM

My day job is Technology sales, 50% of which is totally handled by E mail. Another 25% is Tel + E Mail & the balance totally Fax
transactions. Snail mail is for Advertising paraphenalia & Acctg matters.

My home business relys 75% on the Internet for 1st contact/communication, 15% on Tel & the balance Snail mail.

I can't recall the last time I snail-mailed a friend.

As much as E mail grows as a tool it'll never replace face to face for many business transactions....................

FMRocks · 30 Oct 2004, 03:51 AM

Email for me. It's just the most convenient way. I don't have to check if people are online (instand message, skype), yet it's fast. Definitely saves the long distance bill.

fmnewbee · 30 Oct 2004, 05:22 AM

I'm too remote to vote. I am a kind of exception.

I'm a loner ok?

I know very few persons

but the few I know I only use phone.

I pay a certain amount to our TelCom and for that some they allow us unlimited time to talk. Very handy and it saves me a lot of money indeed.

Say for less than 4USD a Month Some 30 SEK you only have to pay 0.5 Cent per Phone Call. Regardless of how long you talk night and day. So it save me money to pay for the ADSL connection. 280SEK or some 35USD per Month for a .25 Mbit connection.

so I write in lists and forums to strangers and talk to the few relatives and hopefully in future friends of mine beign the loner I am.

Trew Newbee

PS why do they spell it newbie at times. I thought a Bee to be a Bee? Do I spell it wrong then?

btn · 30 Oct 2004, 08:07 AM

I use email a lot!

**Sherry** · 30 Oct 2004, 05:50 PM

For me it's email for personal and the landline for work related communications .

Sherry

Killer · 30 Oct 2004, 06:54 PM

I uses phone and email alot but seldom use snail mail.

redmyrlin · 30 Oct 2004, 10:19 PM

I communicate almost exclusively by email. It is my medium of choice.

But I am somewhat unusual on two counts:

1. I am constrained by my medical condition which has made my bad handwriting even worse, and has made my speech stilted, slurred and softly spoken - i.e. generally unintelligible.

2. I'm just an IT geek in general and an email freak in particular!!

Bamb0 · 28 Feb 2021, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psalzer

I didn't vote because how I communicate is not entirely up to me. I prefer e-mail for most things.

Boy not many people like him,its sad he hasnt been to the site lately....

I also prefer EMAIL and it baffles me why so many dont now....... I think email is good........ An excellent way to stay in touch!!

InquiringMind · 28 Feb 2021, 10:39 PM

Email is most frequent for me,
followed by SMS / MMS,
and telephone last.

EricG · 3 Mar 2021, 10:10 AM

Poll is dated, choices are quite different today. Someone should start a new one just to see how different email's 77% is.

View Poll Results: How Has Email Affected You (from before you had it?)
Most of my correspondence with people is via email.	22	68.75%
I use the phone (landline and/or cell mostly.	3	9.38%
I use snailmail the most still.	1	3.13%
I use instand messengers the most to communicate.	3	9.38%
I use telephony like skype the most often.	3	9.38%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

29 Oct 2004, 09:13 AM	#1
SusanUKF Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 5,428	Emails verses Phone Calls and Snailmail. I was just curious how people communicate in general on the forum. Do you use emails the most, or instant messengers more, phone people (either land line or cell), use voice over the net, or snailmail. I want to know how many people here use email as their main communication tool. I myself mostly email, IM, and skype the most and I rarely use the phone or snailmail. I chose IM as number one for me incidentally! Susan. Last edited by SusanUKF : 29 Oct 2004 at 09:19 AM.

30 Oct 2004, 05:22 AM	#8
fmnewbee Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,135	Susan, I answer but don't vote ok! I'm too remote to vote. I am a kind of exception. I'm a loner ok? I know very few persons but the few I know I only use phone. I pay a certain amount to our TelCom and for that some they allow us unlimited time to talk. Very handy and it saves me a lot of money indeed. Say for less than 4USD a Month Some 30 SEK you only have to pay 0.5 Cent per Phone Call. Regardless of how long you talk night and day. So it save me money to pay for the ADSL connection. 280SEK or some 35USD per Month for a .25 Mbit connection. so I write in lists and forums to strangers and talk to the few relatives and hopefully in future friends of mine beign the loner I am. Trew Newbee PS why do they spell it newbie at times. I thought a Bee to be a Bee? Do I spell it wrong then?

30 Oct 2004, 08:07 AM	#9
btn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Jose, CA, US Posts: 688 Representative of: Everyone.net	Re: Emails verses Phone Calls and Snailmail. I use email a lot!

29 Oct 2004, 09:34 AM	#2
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	I didn't vote because how I communicate is not entirely up to me. I prefer e-mail for most things. I like the idea that you can communicate quickly but at your own convenience and you don't have to worry about schedules. I still get phone calls when an e-mail will do just as well, though.

29 Oct 2004, 09:36 AM	#3
war17 The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Posts: 3,452	I use mostly emails.

29 Oct 2004, 01:49 PM	#4
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	Like psalzer, I also didn't vote, since, aside from snailmail, which I can't remember when I last used, and "skype" and the like, which I've never used (although I have tried voice chat with the yahoo messenger a few times, but it doesn't work extremely well with dialup, which is still the only type of internet access I ever use), I don't think I could easily estimate which of the others I use the most, since I use all of them at various times with mostly the same people, depending on which is most practical or convenient at the moment for the "type" of communication needed.

29 Oct 2004, 09:58 PM	#5
SusanUKF Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 5,428	Before the internet I spent a lot of time on long distance phone calls. The interesting thing is sometimes one would call the person and you end up talking for a long time and saying nothing that signicant; but now when writing emails back and forth with these same people we end up having great conversations and I think we are actually saying more, so it is great!! (I still have a few friends with internet-compatable pc's who still do not have the interent though and I have to admit that we have become more distant, as my husband made me give up the long-distance calling plan when we went to the ultra high speed internet! Financially it was a necessity to choose, and the net won... ). Susan.

29 Oct 2004, 11:25 PM	#6
mf1941 Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sound Beach, N.Y. Posts: 261	My day job is Technology sales, 50% of which is totally handled by E mail. Another 25% is Tel + E Mail & the balance totally Fax transactions. Snail mail is for Advertising paraphenalia & Acctg matters. My home business relys 75% on the Internet for 1st contact/communication, 15% on Tel & the balance Snail mail. I can't recall the last time I snail-mailed a friend. As much as E mail grows as a tool it'll never replace face to face for many business transactions....................

30 Oct 2004, 03:51 AM	#7
FMRocks The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: FM does NOT refer to Fastmail (anymore). Posts: 4,034	Email for me. It's just the most convenient way. I don't have to check if people are online (instand message, skype), yet it's fast. Definitely saves the long distance bill.

30 Oct 2004, 05:50 PM	#10
Sherry Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: USA Posts: 8,687	For me it's email for personal and the landline for work related communications . Sherry

30 Oct 2004, 06:54 PM	#11
Killer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,762 Representative of: Killer.kkk.sg	I uses phone and email alot but seldom use snail mail.

30 Oct 2004, 10:19 PM	#12
redmyrlin Master of the @ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,409	I communicate almost exclusively by email. It is my medium of choice. But I am somewhat unusual on two counts: 1. I am constrained by my medical condition which has made my bad handwriting even worse, and has made my speech stilted, slurred and softly spoken - i.e. generally unintelligible. 2. I'm just an IT geek in general and an email freak in particular!!

28 Feb 2021, 10:39 PM	#14
InquiringMind Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 114	Email is most frequent for me, followed by SMS / MMS, and telephone last.

3 Mar 2021, 10:10 AM	#15
EricG Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 296	Poll is dated, choices are quite different today. Someone should start a new one just to see how different email's 77% is.