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[j4]

A poll, to get some information for a future post (hopefully). Feel free to point other people here (though obviously they'll have to have an LJ account); this isn't Serious Research, but it would be nice to get a decent number of replies.

[Poll #1489527]

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[lnr]

With letters I was thinking mostly of non-personal ones, since I rarely write personal letters any more, and if I do I don't really expect a reply in any sort of time-frame anyway, they'd most likely be a thankyou on my part anyway and possibly the conclusion of a set of communication.

The rest were answered as a sort of average of personal/non-personal - in some contexts I'd expect a reply by email much more quickly (mostly work contexts, where there are time constraints). If I send one to a company I might expect them to be slower, but I will get annoyed if they claim a particular level of service and don't meet it.

SMSes I'd actually give somewhere between a day and a week before switching to another contact method: not everyone I know has their phone on or reachable all day. And I know I'm hopeless with mine because of the poor reception at home.

I look forward to seeing what you write :)