Is it possible that we will see the United States Post Office become digital? If moving online will keep postal costs from increasing, online becomes a desirable option. Also in the wake of the talk about the budget deficits that the USPS has been having and discussing, one consideration is to cut back to 5 service days per week. Considering the cost that it would save the USPS, would it really affect us that much to not have Saturday delivery?

The big question is – would people accept it and could the digital online world handle the volume that would be necessary? While this move will not happen in the next year it is an interesting concept, and will require a lot of thought and planning if it even has a chance of succeeding. Still it has sparked innovation by a couple of companies internationally. Take a look at this article posted by BusinessWeek for all the details, Is it Time for Postal Service 2.0?

What do you think? Would an online based postal service really affect your brokerage?