eMail wallops, yet again, traditional snail-mail
While Australia's postal service is crying in its Foster's over its plummeting popularity, the USPS is busting out the Bud. First-Class letter delivery looks like it may be up for the year... around 400 million letters. That's not so much when your letter-stream totals 98 billion. It's even less impressive when you look back a few years to the halcyon days of 2000, when 102 billion letters whizzed through the system.
As more and more folks opt for email, the long term prognosis for First-Class home delivery is not good. Unless you happen to be the monopoly that owns the franchise. While the latest plan cites eroding mail volumes (due to email, electronic bill presentment and payment) and rising costs (like an antiquated benefits program), the USPS says it isn't through. Not by a long shot.
posted by Fergie @ 10/12/2005 03:14:00 PM
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