Top 10 Reasons to Use an Email to Phone Service

One of the latest services that is growing steadilycertainly won't have a computer with you (I
is "email to phone", whereby you can receivehope!). But you might have cell phone access. And
email messages by voice over the phone, or sendif one of your hunting buddies does drag along his
voice messages as emails from any phone - cellPC from home, you can tell him to get an email
phone, satellite phone or a regular land line.to phone service instead.
When I first heard of this, I wondered, "Why6. Check in at the cottage, without lugging a
would I want to listen to my email instead ofcomputer around. Need I say more. It is indeed
reading it?" But I soon learned that there are arelaxing to know you don't have to fret about a
great many people who can stay in much bettermissed email that cost you your job. It is NOT
touch receiving email messages by phone. Here isrelaxing to have to open your eyes to look at a
a list of the top ten reasons I have complied tocomputer monitor.
use an email to phone service:7. There are also many countries where Internet
Email to phone for busy people on the runaccess is not reliable, even in parts of
1. You can pick up a message any time, anywell-traveled countries. Who needs Internet for
where, even if you had not planned to. Have youemails, when you can receive them by phone?
ever had that eerie feeling there was an urgent8. Indeed, even in your own country, there might
email waiting for you? Now you can relieve yourbe areas you frequent that are outside of the
curiosity, deal with the email and feel 100%digital coverage area, where SMS and text
assured that landing the sand trap was not amessaging are unavailable, such as driving through
result of email anxiety.deserts or mountains. Even with analog coverage
2. Receiving emails by phone is ideal for a busyor a regular phone line, you can keep monitoring
person on the run. Between the meetings and theyour email.
restaurant and the cab, a busy person does notSpecial monitoring email by phone
always have the time to sit down in front of a9. Some people need instant alerts, and have to
computer. But he always has time for his cellbe in touch even while in the lunch room or
phone (You might have noticed this in restaurants,traveling between meetings. IT support people,
theatre shows, etc.)who subscribe to a website monitoring service
3. International travelers have a great use forare a perfect example. If a company's website
email to phone services, as they cannot alwaysgoes down, the CEO won't be pleased if 45
foretell the availability of a computer or anminutes later the IT manager says, "Sorry, I was
Internet connection, nor how much time theyout to lunch."
might have between flights, meetings, etc. This10. Some people have the misfortune of having
way, they can keep monitoring all their urgentto communicate with high-tech show-offs like me
messages wherever they end up, and delayedwho use email to communicate. For these
flights will no longer mean delayed business.unfortunate people who might otherwise be
Email to phone for constant accessforced to adapt to 21st century technology, email
4. There are some places where you just can'tto phone messaging rides to the rescue. "Hah!
plug into your computer (or would not want to).Now I can listen to email messages on my cell
On a boat, for instance. With email to phonephone. And they thought they could force me to
messaging, you can receive email while you relaxadopt modern technology. Hah! I sure fooled
on a boat, far from an Internet connection. Andthem!"
yes, it IS relaxing to know you don't have to fretThere you have it - my top ten reasons to use
about a missed email that could bring down theemail to phone services. Amazing how new ideas
company or cost you your job.can turn even a stone-aged telephone into a
5. On a hunting or fishing trip, you might often findtechnological leap forward. Imagine what they'll do
yourself with no Internet connection. And youwith boulders next.