[cartoonworld]

None of the competitors offer a similar service to USPS.

Among other core competencies, USPS has nationwide daily coverage of the entire United States and centuries(?) of experience interoperating the the respective mail services of every country in the world and then some.

Amazon wont even take MY package one town over.

[Karunamon]

None of the competitors are allowed to offer a similar service to USPS.

That said, the service provided by the USPS nowadays is primarily delivery of paper waste into a receptacle I am obligated to empty because very occasionally they also use the same box for packages.

[ClumsyPilot]

Is fedex forbidden from delivering to a lonely hut in Alaska for the same price as USPS?

[Karunamon]

Quite literally yes when we are talking about letters. Even if they did it for cheaper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Express_Statutes

[triceratops]

Ah yes letters, the backbone of revenue for any delivery service.

[Karunamon]

Irrelevant snipe. I am not the one who said "a similar service". In a world where USPS had to compete, other entities could deliver letters.

[triceratops]

It's extremely relevant. Other entities could deliver letters, but would they? At prices competitive with USPS?