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Amazon has been doing this for years now, and they'll never completely abandon using the USPS, UPS or FedEx for the foreseeable future. Their line haul network has always been solid, and they've been using other carriers to do the most expensive portion of the package life cycle, the last mile delivery. The article touched on the fact that they've been doing trials of deliveries in large cities that have the package density to make it profitable. Amazon certainly has volume to fill delivery trucks, and I expect them to continue this trend by identifying profitable delivery routes. However I don't see them competing with a nationwide network on the scale of UPS or FedEx anywhere in the near future. Amazon will continue to be a customer alongside a competitor of them.