02-13-2013, 03:33 AM
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Originally posted by Ken
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Originally posted by terracore
The US Postal Service is FedEx's largest single customer.
The US Postal service "monopoly" was originally suggested by Ben Franklin (the guy on the $100 bill) and appears as Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the US Constitution. It is for this reason that only private "overnight" services are allowed to deliver letters as that is not considered in competition with the postal service. The US Postal Service "Express Mail" is considered an overnight service however with the exception of the leg from the post office to the business or residence it's transfer is contracted through FedEx. While they would seem to be in competition with each other, their business is intimately intertwined, and neither FedEx nor any other carrier wants any part of delivering letters nationwide for 45 cents.
Good explanation terracore
One note of a legal caution however.
The US Postal Service still remains the ONLY legal manner to officially transmit official correspondence.
that's strange. 99% of inter-government "mail" is sent through FedEx. The postal service doesn't offer a real tracking service nor a central billing option, both of which are requirements to bid on government shipping contracts.