Well researched, apologies for my sloth! In a nutshell they have a monopoly and their fees for licensing are extortionate - and they won't even talk to you unl

Well researched, apologies for my sloth! In a nutshell they have a monopoly and their fees for licensing are extortionate - and they won't even talk to you unless you're "very serious". They crushed a startup I consulted with eight years or so ago by playing along and then vastly increasing their fees just prior to launch. Also, their only API (I haven't checked but I doubt things have changed) is EDI. So, they have important and valuable data that they don't like to license, and make hard to access when they do. I don't think that something of such importance should be in the hands of a private entity.