I still find voicemail useful but only in short message format, that is “this is my name, this my number, give me a call.” I can’t abide the callers though who are determined to cram what amounts to their life story into a voicemail message.
Is that why people are giving up on it, in favour of text messages or e-mails instead?
In today’s busy, busy world of instant communications, voicemail seems quaint. There is no way of knowing if or when a message will be received, and the industry estimates that 20 per cent of the billions of voicemails left each year simply sit there, unloved and unheard.
