Analysis of Final MPNR (Phase 2) Impact on First-Class Commission’s Mail The following discussion attempts to describe the impact full implementation of MPNR will have on mailers; not in terms of technical service standards and business rules, but rather in terms of how many days longer it will take for First-Class Mail to be delivered. Full implementation of MPNR would result in substantial elimination of next day delivery, and defer a significant portion of 2-day mail to 3-day, such that approximately 80 percent of First-Class Mail will be delivered one day later than it is now. A comparison of actual delivery days for single-piece First-Class Mail subject to the current versus the proposed 1-, 2- and 3-day service standards is presented in Table V-5. The table includes a two-week time period to provide examples of both a week with no federal holiday and a week with a Monday federal holiday. Note the table only provides examples of 3 origination/destination ZIP Code pairs. Table V-5 Example of Actual Days to Delivery for Single-Piece First-Class Mail Assuming Precise Compliance with Service Standard Dates Dispatch Location Delivery Locations United States Postal Service blue collection box Hartford, CT Columbia, MD Venice, CA located in Wethersfield, CT 06106 21045 90291 06109 Day single-piece, 0.9 Current MPNR Current MPNR Current MPNR ounce, First-Class Mail letter dropped into collection (days to (days to (days to (days to (days to (days to box delivery) delivery) delivery) delivery) delivery) delivery) Thursday 1 2 2 4 3 4 Friday 1 3 3 3 3 3 Saturday 2 2 2 3 3 3 Sunday 2 3 3 4 4 4 Monday 1 2 2 3 3 3 Tuesday 1 2 2 3 3 3 Wednesday 1 2 2 3 3 3 Thursday 1 2 2 5 5 5 Friday 1 4 4 4 4 4
Commission’s Analysis of Final MPNR (Phase 2) Impact on First-Class Mail The following discussion attempts to describe the impact full implementation of MPNR will have on mailers; not in terms of technical service standards and business rules, but rather in terms of how many days longer it will take for First-Class Mail to be delivered. Full implementation of MPNR would result in substantial elimination of next day delivery, and defer a significant portion of 2-day mail to 3-day, such that approximately 80 percent of First-Class Mail will be delivered one day later than it is now. A comparison of actual delivery days for single-piece First-Class Mail subject to the current versus the proposed 1-, 2- and 3-day service standards is presented in Table V-5. The table includes a two-week time period to provide examples of both a week with no federal holiday and a week with a Monday federal holiday. Note the table only provides examples of 3 origination/destination ZIP Code pairs. Table V-5 Example of Actual Days to Delivery for Single-Piece First-Class Mail Assuming Precise Compliance with Service Standard Dates Dispatch Location Delivery Locations United States Postal Service blue collection box located in Wethersfield, CT 06109 Hartford, CT 06106 Columbia, MD 21045 Venice, CA 90291 Day single-piece, 0.9 ounce, First-Class Mail letter dropped into collection box Current (days to delivery) MPNR (days to delivery) Current (days to delivery) MPNR (days to delivery) Current (days to delivery) MPNR (days to delivery) Thursday 1 2 2 4 3 4 Friday 1 3 3 3 3 3 Saturday 2 2 2 3 3 3 Sunday 2 3 3 4 4 4 Monday 1 2 2 3 3 3 Tuesday 1 2 2 3 3 3 Wednesday 1 2 2 3 3 3 Thursday 1 2 2 5 5 5 Friday 1 4 4 4 4 4
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