Posted by CJM on 11/28/06 09:51

"Harlan Messinger" <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> It amazes me that one should have to pay for this information. The entire
> US five-digit ZIP code list, supplied as a CSV file, assuming a maximum of
> 33 bytes per code for the code itself, the city, and the state, would be
> less than 3.3MB. This would hardly tax the USPS web site.
>

The cost of distribution is insignificant compared to the cost of collection
and maintenance....

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