I agree with Michael...
A few people are on Email, a couple don't have Email or phone, etc. etc.
After a while, the EMailers can't be bothered to write letters, the
letter writers don't write, no-one phones, everyone starts doing their
own thing, and soon (after dropouts) you have a 5 vs. 5 with the neutrals
(who joined knowing they had no allies to start with) asking what's going
on.
This seems to have happened in several games I'm currently in. I wonder
if it's the case that the more different methods of communication are
available, the less communication actually happens? I'm especially
annoyed that players with email tend not to bother with people that
haven't linked their brain cells up to the net.
Colin.