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<p>[quote user="Wizlish"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-content">You are asserting that UPS and FedEx are taking advantage of the post office's universal daily network for last-mile delivery. It is on you to back-up the statement with data.</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>UPS SurePost; FedEx Smart Post.  Not like it's rocket science to back this up with "data".  Here's one simple proof:</p> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JaTwqyU1iE4" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p>And where would we be without <a title="https://www.facebook.com/ups/posts/762167437130895" href="https://www.facebook.com/ups/posts/762167437130895" target="_blank">a Facebook page about some of the sorts of service failures that a service like this can produce.</a></p> <p>Here is the 'official' Web page FedEx provides for the SmartPost service:</p> <p><a href="http://www.fedex.com/us/smart-post/index.html">http://www.fedex.com/us/smart-post/index.htm</a></p> <p>I'll even save you the fifty bucks and provide the link to one of the WSJ stories:</p> <p><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-mail-does-the-trick-for-fedex-ups-1407182247">http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-mail-does-the-trick-for-fedex-ups-1407182247</a> [/quote]</p> <p>Not a single word about the percentage of FedEx and UPS packages delivered the last mile by USPS.  Which as my question! </p> <p>The first two links describe the program.  The third link to the WSJ is only available to subscribers.  I don't subscribe to the WSJ.</p> <p> </p>
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