Electronic communications will see a big boost …
With the recent Anthrax events going on with the United States Postal Service, I will predict that we are going to see a serious shift to electronic communications … more than we have ever seen before.
If you were to look at the average mail box in America, it seems that the only real mail – other than “junk mail” – are the monthly bills that we receive. The costs to the American public of shipping junk mail at a loss of revenue is about to get even more costly as new equipment is added to “clean” mail, along with the lawsuits and other potential hurdles.
There is going to be a big shift coming … more people using e-mail … more bills being “delivered” via e-mail and business-to-consumer portals. Many people are already paying bills on-line … now they will be receiving bills on-line. Free programs, like this one in Houston, are only going to further accelerate the feasibility of moving to an entirely electronic communications medium.