Suppose you have an important message to send to a friend in another city, and you can use the telephone, email, real-time teleconference, fax, or overnight mail service. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. See if you can think of a situation for each of the five options in which that particular option is the most appropriate choice.
Telephone
Advantage- Send out information quickly and know that your friend has recieved the message.
Disadvantage- Phone line may disconnect, friend may not answer phone call,
E-mail
Advantage- Send fast and efficiently
Disadvantage- You may not be sure that the message was recieved; text can be mispinterprested
Real-time teleconference
Advantage- Face-to-face chatting, message can be sure to be sent
Disadvantage- Connection may be lost and parts of messagre may be lost or misinterpreted
Fax
Advantage- message is accurately sent to her in hard copy
Disadvantage- You may not be sure that the message was recieved; fax connection can be lost; fax number may be incorrect
Overnight mail service
Advantage- Gurantee that message was sent
Disadvantage- Slow, and message will arive late; express mail would be costly
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