As the author of this study I am happy to share some more details with this group.
The survey was 100 people readers of 160characters newsletter. AGES 17% 22 - 30 47% 31 - 40 16% 41 - 50 18% 51 - 60 GENDER SPLIT 80% male 20% female COUNTRIES: UK 48% USA 10% and 42% spread across: Argentina, Australia Bahrain Denmark Egypt France Germany Greece India Ireland Malta Netherlands Pakistan Philippines Portugal Russia Switzerland Turkey Uruguay. Mike On 18/05/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is an article on the site 160 characters * > http://www.160characters.org/news.php?action=view&nid=2289*<http://www.160characters.org/news.php?action=view&nid=2289>that > examines the response time for SMS. According to the article it is > based on a survey, but I can not see the size of the sample, the country > where the data came from etc. Thus, we are left to take the material at > face value. > > Rich L. > > The introduction to the article is: > > 84% of users expect a SMS response in five minutes according to an online > survey by 160 Characters that looked at how different messaging platforms > elicit differing response times. > > The survey looked at the messaging habits of end-users across email, > instant messaging and SMS in personal and work environments. > > The results highlight the ongoing preference for using SMS as a key > communication tool, especially when an immediate or near immediate response > is required. Most people would respond to a personal SMS (84%) in less than > 30 minutes according to the results of the poll while only 56% would respond > in that time to a work related message. > -- -------------------------- Mike Grenville http://www.160characters.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype voicemail +44 208 144 4405 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
