Letter: Junk by fax

Robert Rodwell
Friday 20 February 1998 00:02 GMT
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I WAS repelled by the enthusiasm Hamish McRae displayed for the Orwellian vision of the future with the further refinement and focusing of computer databases which, he says, "will drive our living standards higher" ("The case for junk mail", 18 February).

But it costs me nothing to discard junk mail. Junk faxing costs me dearly. I have a widely listed fax line. As a result I start every day having to clear numerous unwanted mailing shots from my fax machine, every one of which has cost me about 10p a sheet to receive.

The volume has grown steadily week by week for about two years. Living as I do on the Co Down coast, hundreds of miles and a sea crossing away, I fail to understand why car dealers in Guildford, Pontefract or wherever, or computer shops in south-east London, should think I'm anxious to buy cars or computers, unseen, from them.

ROBERT RODWELL

Newtownards, Co Down

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