The Communication-Forms in Networking

The Communication-Forms in Networking (version: May 1995) by Ruud Janssen.

FORM	ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGE
S-mail	- Relatively cheap - Access for everybody - Sending of smells, structures, 3D objects is possible	- Takes relatively a lot of time - Archieving takes a lot of space
E-mail	- Speed - Manipulation of text and graphics - Archiving takes little space - One simple address is enough to determine where the message goes to	- Access to expensive hardware is needed - Costs for access - Reading of the message depends on the receiver to contact his / her host-computer
Fax	- Speed - Message on paper arrives instantly at the receivers address	- No color yet - Not always paper good for archieving - Phone bill for fax to foreing countries
Phone	- Direct line - The voice is very personal communication form, and compared to a cassette the inmediate reaction is there	- Archiving only possible on tape - Expensive - Only possible when receiver is at home (or you need a machine)
Personal Delivery	- Cheap or expensive - Anything is possible - Speed depends on messenger	- Depending on someone to pass by and going to the place you want your mail to go
Telepahic	- Everything is possible	- They haven't found out how to do this yet

Thanks to Gerardo Yepiz for the retyping of this text into HTML. There is also a SPANISH version of this text available. If you want to read that just click : Formas de communicacion en el Arte Postal