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Postal Service Starts Electronic Mail Service; Same-Dav Deliverv Plan Proposed The Postal Service Board of Governors lut week authoriz ed temporary Implementation of E-COM service, an advan ced electronic message serv ice for large volume mailers. It also approved filing with the Postal rate Commission for a new same-day deliveiy serv ice within major metropolitan areas. E-COM service was first proposed to the Postal Rate Commission September 8 as a. subclass of first class mail. The Postal Reorganization Act permits the Postal Service to Implement such services on nirmmnini fimin if trtr intfiv mission has not rendered a decision within 30 days. In the meantime, the Commiss ion has scheduled formal hearings on the filing to begin February 5. The Governors' approval permits the Postal Service to implement E-COM service starting on or about December 18. Initially, five private cor porations, representing the manufacturing, oil. insurance, finance and utility iaduftlriee, will participate. An estimated 60 companies will be added to the system during the 15 month initial phase. ^^gtfor^endm^I^OM messages wiu range Irom 30 cents for volume· over 50,000 messages over four weeks to 55 cents for the minimum four week volume of 5,000 mess ages. An additional fee of 10 cents will be charged for two-page messages Primary users of the service will be customers who depend on the mails as a billing and Invoice media. E-COM's speed and consistency of delivery also will b·» suited for other communications such as price change, product recall, and new product announcements. nors autnonred filing with the Postal Rate CommiMion for an Expreu Mail Metro Serv ice, aimed at providing highly expedited same-day delivery of time-sensitive materials within the local business com munity A subclass of Express Mail, Metro Service would allow customers to bring letters or packages to one of several designated poet offices in a given metropolitan area be fore 10 a.m. for delivery be fore 5 p.m. Items deposited by noon at a main post office In a city also would receive deliv In afiHitinn mail deposited at designated poet office· by S p.m. would be delivered by 10 a.m. the next morning. Pick-up of mail at' the customer'» premises would be available on a pre^ arrange*} jcfesi«led basia. Metro Service could start 100 days after filing, or as aooD as April 1, In Chicago, Colum bus, Ohio and Gulf port, Missi ssippi. An additional 22 metro politan areas are planned for implementation by October 197·. Postal Service officials plan full opération of Metro Service by mid 1981. Delivery standards would be backed by a servie® guarantee that provide* full postage re fund if delivery It late. Stand ard Express Mall Insurance will be provided at no additio nal cost. Three rates are proposed: 19 for items up to one pound, $12 for materilas weighing over one and up to eight pounds and $15 for pieces over eight up to 70 pounds in weight. A charge of >5.2S will be made for pick-up service. Postmaker General William F. Bolger said "the new ser vice would fill a need for ginrant—d same-day deliv J ery of letter·, business docu ment, data and merchan dise." Postal Serice surveys indicated market (tomsnd cur rently was being met in part by private messenger services but that approximately 76 per cent of this volume is sent by companies using their own employees to effect same-day delivery. Postal Service estimates place the potential volume at 86 3 million piece· annually FY i960 volume, however, to expected to reach 9.1 million piece· generating revenuea of 187 million. Projecting normal growth, the service could gen erate $350 million In Ave year·, half the full projected potential of the market. ^ Monthly Meeting Inatead of a regular monthly meeting In December, the Metrolina Chapter of N O W. highlight» it* "78 membership drive with a wine and cheaas party on Sunday, December 17, from 4 p.m.-β p.m. at the Charlotte Friend· Meeting Hot··, 2SZ7 Remount Rd. Special gueat will be Obeerver columnist Harriet Doer. All interested persona ... 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