Comments on: Spam http://electrolicious.com/2003/01/spam Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jake http://electrolicious.com/2003/01/spam#comment-844 Jake Thu, 09 Jan 2003 21:35:53 +0000 #comment-844 40% is a CONSERVATIVE estimate. 40% is a CONSERVATIVE estimate.

]]> By: dave http://electrolicious.com/2003/01/spam#comment-843 dave Tue, 07 Jan 2003 16:05:58 +0000 #comment-843 Based on my inboxes, both personal and business, I'd say that's a conservative figure. Along those same lines, there was an Associated Press article yesterday which said: <i>"A study to be released Monday attempts to quantify the annual cost of spam: $8.9 billion for U.S. corporations, $2.5 billion for European businesses and another $500 million for U.S. and European service providers. "</i> The dollar estimates were based on the lost productivity time it takes to wade through junk mail to find legitimate mail, as well as deleting the junk mail, and the extra hardware and increased bandwidth large corporations have to buy to handle the influx of junk mail. Scary stuff. Based on my inboxes, both personal and business, I’d say that’s a conservative figure.

Along those same lines, there was an Associated Press article yesterday which said:

“A study to be released Monday attempts to quantify the annual cost of spam: $8.9 billion for U.S. corporations, $2.5 billion for European businesses and another $500 million for U.S. and European service providers. “

The dollar estimates were based on the lost productivity time it takes to wade through junk mail to find legitimate mail, as well as deleting the junk mail, and the extra hardware and increased bandwidth large corporations have to buy to handle the influx of junk mail.

Scary stuff.

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