75% of people who work in e-business claim they would write to
their grandmothers more often if they could do so using email,
according to the latest research conducted by e-consultancy.com.
Over 40,000 internet professionals, more than 30% of them senior
managers, responded to a questionnaire from the e-business
advice website which asked a series of questions about
professional and personal internet habits. The results also
showed that:  * 70% of respondents could not remember the last
time they sent or received a fax * 52% would consider going home
if they lost their internet connection at work * 37% admitted to
checking e-mails on holiday  So deeply has the internet
penetrated the private lives of a quarter of the survey's
respondents that they now choose to switch on their home
computers before turning on the TV.  Ashley Friedlein, CEO of
e-consultancy, commented: "Despite the dot.com bust, the
internet is clearly fast becoming a necessity of everyday life.
Email in particular has now become such a stan