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Not economical to the customer. . .I don't think private companies would necessarily find it economical to deliver letters to very sparsely populated rural areas - at least not using current technology. And I don't think it would be worth it to them to invest in researching more advanced technology that would make it more economical to the company. The potential customer base would be too small to yield a decent of rate of return on the investment, let alone the expected actual customer base. Look at other areas where nobody is in the market and there are no legal barriers to entering the market and there are still geographic regions without service providers. . .mass transit, retail. . .