If you're convinced that new technologies are not only transforming communications but are also well on their way to rendering paper completely obsolete, consider this:

A new survey conducted for by Pitney Bowes by International Communications Research (ICR) shows that for some purposes, consumers still prefer snail mail.

Among the survey's findings:

• A large majority (73%) of consumers would rather receive new product announcements or offers from companies they do business with by mail. Only 18% prefer email.