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Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by evan_ on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:21PM (#24030921)
It doesn’t really seem enforceable though since there is an explicit cutout in that for “urgent” letters. Every letter I send is urgent!
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Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by missedthecue on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:46PM (#24031094)
This sounds plausible, but wouldn't work. The USPS has a history of defending its monopoly. Two example:

In 1971 a private corporation, the Independent Postal System of America, offered to deliver Christmas cards for five cents each — three cents less than the U.S.P.S. rate. They were stopped by a court injunction.

In 1966 the CF&I Steel Corporation, frustrated by the quality of postal service between their Denver headquarters and their plant in Pueblo, hired an armored-car service to deliver the mail. After five months of operation the service was halted by the Denver Post Office, and "at the Post Office’s suggestion" CF&I paid two thousand dollars toward back postage..

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