> but even fairly remote areas can be surprisingly profitable. This is only true because they subcontract these rural deliveries to USPS [1]. Without USPS, who

> but even fairly remote areas can be surprisingly profitable. This is only true because they subcontract these rural deliveries to USPS [1]. Without USPS, who's already required to go there anyways to deliver traditional mail, it isn't profitable. [1] 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-fede...