Wow didn't realize its much more expensive in some places outside the US. I'd think the smaller land area would make it cheaper.

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autoexec 22 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The USPS is an amazing service. Extremely dependable and affordable. They service places that no sane company ever would and they do a pretty good job. The only real downside is that it centralizes government surveillance, but the same can be said for the other large/popular private delivery services.

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Symbiote 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In Denmark it is €3.08 for a 100g letter.

This appears to be the cost without subsidy, with the mail service now run by a private company.

It's fine. I receive less than the average 10 letters per year (including junk mail). I check the mail box every two weeks or so.

	▲	autoexec 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> This appears to be the cost without subsidy, with the mail service now run by a private company. That just means that whatever it actually costs to deliver mail to/from whatever parts of Denmark they provide service for, the people who use the service will pay that cost plus an additional cost on top of it so that the private owner (and perhaps their shareholders) can line their pockets. The nice thing about public services is that you avoid paying that extra money just so that a small number of people can personally profit from it. You can also lose a lot of transparency and control over how the service is run. That said, I'm a bit envious of the lack of junk mail.