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The probable simplification of the facsimile system by Caselli, by which an exact copy of anything that can be drawn or written may be instantaneously made to appear at a distance of hundreds of miles from the original; and the countless other applications of electricity to the transmission of intelligence yet to be made—must sooner or later interfere with the transportation of letters by the slower means of the post.1
The authors are grateful to Wayne Lopez, Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, who contributed to the research of this paper. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Postal Service or PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Kane, A.R., Treworgy, D.E., Gamache, E.L., Wong, E.Y. (2002). Assessment and Responses of Postal Sector Operators to Electronic Diversions. In: Crew, M.A., Kleindorfer, P.R. (eds) Postal and Delivery Services. Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series, vol 41. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0253-7_20
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