The more responsible publications avoid the trite remarks about 500 channels of TV and mention changes occurring every day in commerce, education and general business. What was a novelty just a few years ago is rapidly becoming a desirable feature of membership today. What is now a desirable feature will soon be a necessary part of the benefits and services. Business cards in the early 1980s had only voice telephone numbers. By 1990, fax numbers were common.
Electronic communications tend to bond groups together.
An electronic on-line system is a computer system that facilitates communication between its users. As one might imagine, the original PC on-line systems were very slow and difficult to access. Needless to say, their popularity was limited. Today, with considerable advancements in technology, on-line systems are increasing in numbers and popularity at the rate that fax machines were proliferating eight years ago. Today's technology facilitates multi-line systems that allow users to communicate in real time.