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https://expatcircle.com/cms/underrated-quality-of-life-indic...
Many USPS outlets seem to be run down. But in my experience, mail delivery is pretty solid. And there is indeed a country without postal mail service. Panama!
So, all they did was privatize their postal service. There will still have a postal service, but run by a private company. I doubt this will end well, but Denmark is a small country so maybe it will work. After a year it would be nice to see stats and compare delivery time, lost mail, cost between Dao and the old service,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostNord?wprov=sfti1#
It is still the 2nd largest company in Sweden. They just gave up on Denmarks mail contract after the vast majority of people stopped sending mail and now another company is taking over the much smaller operation.
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From the article: > Danes will still be able to send letters, using the delivery company Dao, which already delivers letters in Denmark but will expand its services from 1 January from about 30m letters in 2025 to 80m next year. But customers will instead have to go to a Dao shop to post their letters – or pay extra to have it collected from home – and pay for postage either online or via an app.
In other words they've just privatised the mail service.
It's been decades since I wrote a letter and mailed it.
Fun to go shopping at craft fairs and give some money to indie artists for well made art. Send in the mail with a little note and stay in touch with old pals.
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With a monopoly no less.
Natural monopolies with no guard rails always end poorly
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Natural monopolies with no guard rails always end poorly
Is letter/parcel delivery a natural monopoly? I think of systems with hard infrastructure that use the public way like roads, rail, and pipes.