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Article #28Re: Using mobile phone as an internet radio
From: Phil Hobbs
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:35
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:35
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On 10/06/2012 09:08 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: > In article<epudnWDGL-LfiO3NnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@supernews.com>, > Phil Hobbs<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote: >>> The Americans do seem generally to be used to sending a lot by courier >>> when we would just put in the post. Tending to happen in the UK also >>> even though the Royal Mail / Parcelforce often give a better service >>> and of course do not charge extra to send further. There has been a >>> big campaign in the North of Scotland about companies charging extra >>> for many postcode areas. > > >> That's mostly a business etiquette thing, I think. Sending somebody a >> bunch of business documents in the snail mail sort of says that their >> input isn't that urgent. Letter mail here is also very secure IME. > > Fine if 'they' want to do this and pay for it. My complaint is buying > goods from the US where I'm paying the P&P and not having the choice of a > reasonably priced service. Why would I want to pay in some cases more than > the value of the goods for postage, if I'm in no rush to receive them? > Dunno. It may have something to do with package tracking and fraudulent claims for loss or damage. The logistics companies give you one tracking number that works anywhere in the world, whereas the post offices all generate confusion and duplicated numbers that make it very hard to establish whether something got delivered, and if not, where it went. Here, there's lots of competition in logistics, so the service is generally excellent and the cost very reasonable. US postal rates are also quite low, which may make it more difficult for them to negotiate a revenue sharing agreement with higher cost organizations. (Canada Post is the example I'm most familiar with--at one point quite recently, all mail from the US to Canada had to go through the central Toronto sorting facility, even if it was a letter sent from Vancouver to Seattle.) Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 160 North State Road #203 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net
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