Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request
From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: How Times Change
Message-ID: <telecom11.129.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 91 14:01:32 GMT
Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
Organization: A corner of our bedroom
Lines: 15
Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 129, Message 9 of 12
Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu


In article <telecom11.127.10@eecs.nwu.edu>, john@zygot.ati.com (John
Higdon) writes:

> On a related note, now that the cost of sending a transcontinental FAX
> is less than postage, do you suppose we may see a drop in USPS mail
> volume anytime soon?

I doubt it. The up-front capital costs of a FAX machine, plus a second
line at the recipient end, don't help the economics much. Remember,
not that many people have these new toys, and the majority of the USPS
mail volume already gets a more favorable rate.


peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com