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Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style
From: JC Dill <jcdill.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:30:45 -0800
On 19/12/10 8:44 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
You can send letters
Technically, this is illegal. You can send "documents" via FedEx and UPS.
just as well as packages via the other carriers. The "USPS monopoly" on first class mail is absurd. In fact, FedEx, UPS, et. al could offer a $0.44 letter product if they wanted to.
No, they can't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Express_Statutes
They could not call it mail. They could call it "first class document delivery." However, the reality is that they probably couldn't sustain their business at that price point. The USPS doesn't have an actual monopoly so much as ownership of the term Mail almost like a trademark.
It's not just a trademark, it's the class of service. Just try starting up a regular mail service, and see how far you get before they SHUT YOU DOWN.
What they do have is an infrastructure built at taxpayer expense that creates a very high barrier to entry for competition at their price points.
FedEx entered the package delivery market even though there was a very high barrier to entry, and they succeeded.
jc
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