80% of users prefer e-mail as business communication tool, says META Group; New study shows phone no longer the preferred communication method.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 April 2003-META GROUP: 80 of users prefer e-mail as business communication tool, says META Group; New study shows phone no longer the preferred communication method(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04242003 Fleet, Hampshire -- META Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: METG) today announced findings showing that 80 of businesspeople surveyed believe e-mail to be more valuable than the phone for business communication.

The startling findings are the result of a recent META Group survey designed to identify the preferred method of business communication. Findings also revealed that 74 of respondents believe being without e-mail would present more of a hardship than being without phone services. The top three reasons cited by respondents who preferred...