DQ:
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.
If you want to send to a friend you have many options to chose from. You can call the friend using the telephone. The advantage of using a telephone is that you can tell teh person exactly what you want and make sure they understand what you are telling them. It doesn' t take much time, you just pick up the phone and call. The disadvantage is that you might forget something you want to say or you might not feel comfortable calling someone.Email is another choice. It is fast but there is no guarentee that your friend saw your message. If she did recieve it there is a chance that she might nt understand what you are trying to explain especially if it is complicated. Teleconferences are helpful but they might take time. They rely of access to a computer and internet just like emails. sometime it freezes or has other glitches. Faxing is not a very good choice because it requires the other person to have a fax machine. It also take longer than just making a phone call. But if you have something like a flyier or a picture to scan to the friend it can be really useful. Overnight mail can take to much time especially if you have an important message.
