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Re:What does privatization of the US Postal Service mean? by ElevenLathe on Saturday July 04, 2026 @10:30AM (#48785683)
Most extremely rural areas don't have home delivery and never have. It's been this way for literally centuries.
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Re:What does privatization of the US Postal Service mean? by afpx on Saturday July 04, 2026 @11:58AM (#48786336)
Their web site seems to suggest they have last mile delivery everywhere because they're under universal service obligation. But, when I lived rural, I remember my mom having to drive to the post office to pick up the mail.
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Re:What does privatization of the US Postal Service mean? by ElevenLathe on Monday July 06, 2026 @01:56PM (#48808156)
The universal service obligation is not that they have to provide home delivery for everyone, but that they can't close your podunk post office and make life even more hellish for the the 12 households that rely on it that it already is.
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