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FACT
13:
81%
of the readers of the International
Tribune now communicate via PC's, 73% E-mail and
faxes, laptops and the Internet. They also spend 1/2
hour daily reading the paper. This data is from a
survey of which you can (and should) get a summary by
calling (212) 752-3890.
FACT
14:
The
six top markets for international phone calls from the
U.S. are, in rank order:
BANK/COUNTRY
AVERAGE PER
MINUTES CHARGE
MINUTES
PER YEAR
1.
Canada
34 cents
3.05 billion
2.
Mexico
85 cents
2.01 billion
3.
U.K.
73 cents
1.03 billion
4.
Germany
88 cents
662 million
5.
Japan
$1.00
576 million
6.
Dominican
Republic
84 cents
410 million
FACT 15:
There
are 50 companies with compiled directories of E-mail
addresses. These are not web site directories.
They are directories of personal E-mail
addresses. You can check out a couple of them at http://www.four11.com
and http://www.bigyellow.com.
(That last dot is the period at the end of my
sentence, not part of the E-mail address.)
FACT 16:
People
who keep their mailing list on a computer need to be
very careful. Believe me, I know. Here's an article that will explain one reason why this is
true:
Mailing list
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In 1984 I began a desperate search for people
who have a progressive neuromuscular disorder called
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. I was born with CMT, and
I felt that I was the only person with it. I was a
newspaper reporter, and I knew the power of a letter
to the editor. Through these letters I found thousands
of people who had the same disease. I started a
newsletter and a nonprofit organization called CMT
International.
On Nov 18, one of our oldest computers went
down and took with it our 4,700-name mailing list.
Many of the people on it were from the United States,
particularly Florida, and we have no way of contacting
them.