Yup, and the same thing happened in London, UK. Simplified history: The Royal Mail (USPS equivalent) used to have a monopoly on mail and small parcels. They cha

Yup, and the same thing happened in London, UK. Simplified history: The Royal Mail (USPS equivalent) used to have a monopoly on mail and small parcels. They charged a flat fee to mail/ship to anywhere in the country. Then other couriers were allowed to start operating in locations of their choise without having to serve the whole country. They could cherry-pick the profitable locales (.e.g Metro London), undercutting Royal Mail's prices. I remember seeing an analysis of price and delivery quality: Royal Mail: 100% price, 85% happy delivery Other Courier: 66% price, 66% happy delivery Without going down the rabit hole of the wages these different workers were earning, as a consumer had a choice: subsidize cheaper shipping to the whole country, or get cheaper shipping.