That is correct for me. I do not have a landline since last 4 years. It is the same for many of my friends. Landline in home becomes unnecessary expense any more.
That is good point Ariella. It is hard to modify recording comparing to text. You can now talk to your NotePad and dictate it and change it as you wish.
Telephone companies should think about this and find ways to bundle the phone with the broadband in order to get a few extra dollars. They could probably offer a free phone and hope that the company makes a few international calls and adds a few features that make it profitable.
What's 100% true is that they need to step up and raise the ante.
Exactly Kim I think we need to teach them about delivery and read receipts. If that too doesn't seem to work the final option would be to send an automated response with the acknowledgment of the mail.
DrT sending emails is more comfortable than recording voice messages. I think we are so into it. The best part is we could draft a mail anytime anywhere which makes it so popular, whereas we cannot record a voice message while travelling with all the noises around us.
@DrT that's because when we write we can compose more carefully than when we speak. Sometimes you have an option to re-record a voice message, but that seems more neurotic than just modifying a word here and there as you type a message.
We also think sometime if it is written it is better. You can actually send a voice message in your mobile device but nobody uses it, we still send emails. Feels more confortable.
I agree, Ariella. But we still have those people who will follow up one email, fifteen minutes later, with a second email asking if you received the first.
@Kim yes, but for immediate response, most opt for texting or some kind of instant messaging service. Part of the beauty of email is having a bit of time to consider one's answer -- even if one does respond within minutes.
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