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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by cartoonworld on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:52AM (#36679690)
None of the competitors offer a similar service to USPS.

Among other core competencies, USPS has nationwide daily coverage of the entire United States and centuries(?) of experience interoperating the the respective mail services of every country in the world and then some.

Amazon wont even take MY package one town over.

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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by Karunamon on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:28AM (#36680035)
None of the competitors are allowed to offer a similar service to USPS.
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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:46AM (#36680211)
Is fedex forbidden from delivering to a lonely hut in Alaska for the same price as USPS?
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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by Karunamon on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:59AM (#36680353)
Quite literally yes when we are talking about letters. Even if they did it for cheaper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Express_Statutes

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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by triceratops on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @11:31AM (#36682418)
Ah yes letters, the backbone of revenue for any delivery service.
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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by Karunamon on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @09:20PM (#36703944)
Irrelevant snipe. I am not the one who said "a similar service". In a world where USPS had to compete, other entities could deliver letters.
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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by triceratops on Thursday July 13, 2023 @01:00PM (#36712419)
It's extremely relevant. Other entities could deliver letters, but would they? At prices competitive with USPS?
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