John Caudwell, the multi-millionaire owner of high street retailer Phones 4u, has banned staff from using e-mail, he has said.

The tycoon -- who does not use e-mail -- told more than 2,500 employees Friday they would have to swap cyberspace for face-to-face.

He estimates the ban will save staff three hours a day and his company at least £1 million a month in saved time.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/interne...ban/index.html

I dunno. I would think it would increase costs in some ways and things would get noisier with phone calls and meetings taking place.