Posted by Harlan Messinger on 11/28/06 14:27

CJM wrote:
> "Harlan Messinger" <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:4t0nl4F11rqbuU1@mid.individual.net...
>> 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....

It doesn't need to be "collected". It's *their* data. They always have
it, whether they distribute it or not.

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