Sending a document by EMail is usually cheaper than sending it by U.S. Express Mail, but the costs of using EMail increase as the length of the document increases. For instance, it costs about 44¢ to both send and receive a five page message*, but it costs $10.75 to send the same message by Express Mail. For a 120 page document, the cost of sending and receiving the document via ABA/Net™ is about the same as Express Mail.* For still larger documents, Express Mail is cheaper, assuming that the weight of the document is less than two pounds.
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E-Mail vs. Express Mail (Cost)
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Assumptions:
Sent at prime time rate of $16 over 1200 baud modem
Cost to send and receive, 300 words/pg, 5 char/word