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Old 4th February 2011 | 15:44
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noperf
 
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There isn't an apple's to apple's comparison here. Within the state of Alaska the carriers charge the freight rate to the customer and the Postal Service pays the carrier the First Class mail rate. This is called By-Pass Mail.

This is how it used to work anyway but regardless of the mechanics of the system freight, or what we call freight, is usually mail and is subsidized by the Federal government.
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