[rescue] FedEx Ground

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 12:38:58AM -0500, Eric Dittman wrote:
> The standard postal rates are very competitive.  I've talked to
> people that live in other countries and they spend a lot more to
> send letters and small packages than we do with the USPS.  The
> 2-3 day delivery of Priority Mail covers the whole US, which is
> quite a distance.

And actual *transit* of Priority Mail is now done by FedEx; your local
post office hands it to fedex, which sends it to the depot nearest the
destination postal station, which hands it off to that station for
delivery.

Rather similar to the Airborne at Home service.

> You do know the USPS is self-supporting, don't you?

Yep, thats why they keep raising rates.

After the rate hikes, UPS Ground is now cheaper than Priority Mail 
for anything over one pound, i think it is.

Bill

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bill bradford
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austin, texas