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The postal service is a good analogy for what is occurring. Fred Wilson references it in his post yesterday about the current "chasm" our work force is crossing from the industrial to the technical. http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/09/what-is-going-on.html
The writing has been on the wall for sometime now regarding this. A prominent oracle of all things (the great Kramer) predicted the demise of the postal service some time ago. This video is worth a viewing. In particular watch 1:30 to 2:30 :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpUqLjjKk4Y