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From: Jasen Betts
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00

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On 2012-10-06, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm@mendelson.com> wrote:
> Phil Hobbs wrote:
>
> Several years ago the USPS restructured their rates for mail outside of the
> US. They dropped surface mail, replacing it with an air mail system that
> takes almost as long. I have had packages take 6 weeks to arrive here airmail
> from the US.
>
> They did a survey of prices of the courier services, and simply charge 1/2
> of what the courier services do. If you want registered mail, they charge
> another $12 or so for it.
>
> Compare that to China which charges a few dollars to send a package, and 
> another dollar or so for registered mail. Or the UK (and the rest of the
> EU) that charge about $5 for postage and registered mail.

Chinas international mail is heavily subsided. <hearsay> I've heard that 
it's so heavilty subsidised that in some cases they pay the sender
</hearsay>.  while doing the same in the USA would probably help small 
exporters (and therefore the balance of payments) I can't see the 
republican party getting behind subsidising a "state run monopoly".

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From: Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: Using mobile phone as an internet radio
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