the postal service does it in a unserviceable way. if you privatize it, you will quickly so that markets and capitalism will solve the rural problem in a way people would like. i don t agree with that. they will just go northern. and i enjoy dan from the ca d do institute a good solid libertarian and talking up the good european government. that doesn t happen often. i am perfectly willing to give credit where credit is do. i wont want to live in the countries, but they are making good decisions on how to deliver services at a lower cost. an honest man. rich, you want to jump in? look, i am not sure to john s point that the market can solve the sparsely populated market problems. the rural parts of the united