14.4 trillion emails vs 177 billion postal letters and packages. That's the 2009 email vs snail mail score in the United States. A staggering 81 to 1 proportion. The bad: 81% of email is spam vs 47% of snail mail.
i wonder how much of the ~90 billion legit snail mail are bills too. pretty much the only legit mail i get other than christmas/birthday cards are the utility, cell phone, internet/cable, and water bills.