Obama: "It is unacceptable that the U.S. ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption"

Re:Obama: "It is unacceptable that the U.S. ranks 15th in th... by gojomo on Monday December 08, 2008 @01:19PM (#390119)

The US has not disposed of the postal service monopoly. It remains illegal to compete with the USPS in the delivery of "first-class" mail. Other services also may not use the same mailboxes, even if the customer wants them to. And the USPS has neither been privatized nor broken into competing units.

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Re:Obama: "It is unacceptable that the U.S. ranks 15th in th... by pivo on Monday December 08, 2008 @05:37PM (#390509)

True, we obviously didn't get rid of the post office or its legal monopoly but we did get rid of its practical monopoly with companies like FedEx, UPS, etc. and of course with email.

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