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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by hirundo on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:43PM (#23912168)
I live in a rural area. The nearest USPS delivery is at a post office 11 miles away. UPS and FedEx deliver to my front door. It has been the same in two other rural areas I've lived in. New Mexico, California and Arizona. I've never lived in a place that USPS delivered to that UPS and FedEx did not.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by adrr on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:32PM (#23912568)
UPS and Fedex can be 3x the price to deliver to remote areas. I work for e-commerce company and we ship Usps to certain zip codes with USPS. I am sure USPS loses money on these shipments especially to Alaska where the surcharge can be up to $30 with UPS.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by jeromegv on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:46PM (#23912188)
Anecdata is not data.
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