Rural packages are likely to get to where they’re going faster now that contract negotiations between the U.S. Postal Service and UPS have fallen apart for last-mile service. But it’s also likely to be more expensive.
The UPS service known as SurePost was primarily something businesses used as an economic way to send less urgent packages, like a shirt or a pair of shoes from a retailer. Under the arrangement, USPS would deliver the last mile of those UPS packages.
Now that the SurePost contract has expired and the USPS is not interested in renewing it, UPS says it will handle delivery of these rural packages door to door — except deliveries to post office boxes and military APO/FPO/DPO addresses.
