[rescue] FedEx Ground

[Eric Dittman]

> >    I agree -- but I wouldn't mind paying a _small_ difference in postage for
> > slightly better service. That is, when I lived in England -- whooops, I'm
> > aging -- ten years ago, there were two classes of mail, one a few pence more
> > expensive than the other, but the better service got there sooner. I know
> > that USPS has different classes of mail, too, but the British class
> > differences were a little less drastic.
> 
> FYI, first class letters are 27p, second class 19p.  I think they aim to
> deliver 97% of first class letters the next working day, and 95% of second
> class in two working days.  They just about achieve it too.  I think they
> may have different targets for stuff going to weird outer islands in
> Scotland and stuff.

I think the of the UK helps them meet those goals.  The US is
a bit bigger.
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Eric Dittman
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