BFH> Communications is one of the key goals of a home 
 BFH> office. What use if you have
 BFH> laser printer, a 586, and thousands of dollars 
 BFH> worth of equipment, but it is
 BFH> not sending or receiving at least 5-10 messages a 
 BFH> day? I think the average
 BFH> person can handle about 40 mixed messages a day, 
 BFH> combination, phone calls,
 BFH> mail, email and fax, if a good amount is for stock 
 BFH> information. Detailed
 BFH> legal discussions can suck up a lot of time and 
 BFH> mental exercise. 1-2 of those
 BFH> can take up a whole day. 
 
It's a very good point to buy only as much equipment as you really need, at 
the level that your really need, and add to it as your needs change.  
However, this point is moot for most people starting home businesses - most 
of us can't afford the equipment we really need, so there's no chance of 
getting more than we need.
 
 BFH> I have just begun to use Internet Email, and so 
 BFH> far it is doing well. My only
 BFH> complaint on that is despite what we hear and see, 
 BFH> 80% of the vendors and
 BFH> customers I talk to don't have their email 
 BFH> address, or dont' use it. Net
 BFH> email is perhaps the most valuable part of the 
 BFH> Net, as pointed out by many
 BFH> magazine and articles. Who wants to read data and 
 BFH> graphics all day long? But
 BFH> again, having email access and not using it wisely is another waste. 
 
This is true.  Many people have email access without understanding how to 
make it profitable and time saving.  This will change as people become more 
familiar with it, and the novelty wears off.  Cars weren't very useful for 
the first few years that they were on the road, but what would we do without 
them now?
 
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