I had a realization that the very existence of private domestic shippers in countries indicates a failure of their government to provide universal infrastructure needed by all citizens.
There may be specialized needs like same-day couriers, special handling requirements and other edge cases, but those should be small specialty houses, not international mega-corps.
yeah we saw it less with internet until they started applying the phone line things to internet. even now the current administration cut what it considered broadbrand for subsidy purposes.