BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001
MAILING ONLINE SERVICE
Docket No. MC98-1
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NOTICE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
OF FILING OF BI-WEEKLY DATA REPORT
(January 27,1999)
The United States Postal Service hereby provides the Mailing Online market test
bi-weekly data report for Accounting
Period (A/P) 3 Weeks 1 and 2. This report is
attached.
Respectfully
submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.
Chief Counsel, Ratemaking
Scott L. Reiter
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
(202) 268-2999; Fax -5402
January 27,1999
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PostalRateCommission
Mailing OnlineBi-WeeklyReport
AP 3 Week1 to AP 3 Week2
Table 1
MOL Bi-Weekly Report
AP 3 Week 1 to AP 3 Week 2
Number of Transactions
Table 2
MOL Bi-Weekly Report
Market Test to Date 1 O/30/98 to 1 l/20/98
NumberofTransactions
Table3
Daily MOL Volume per Batch
AP 3 Week 1 to AP 3 Week 2
Standard!
Total1
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Status Date
1 l/7/98
1 li7/98
1 Ii7198
1 l/9/98
1 l/9/98
1 l/9/98
11/12/9*
11/12/98
11/12/98
11/12/98
11/13/98
11/13/98
11/13/98
1 l/13/98
11/13/98
11/13/98
1 l/13/98
11/16/98
11/17/98
11,17,98
11/17/98
11/18/98
11,18,98
11,16/98
11/19/98
1 l/20/98
1 l/20/98
Sub-total
B0000014~
BOOOOO15~
BOOOOO16~
B0000017~
B0000018I
B0000019~
BOOOOOZO~
BOOOOOZl!
B0000023~
80000026~
BOOOOO27!
BOOOOO26~
B0000030~
BOOOO031'
80000032
80000034
B0000035
B0000036:
B0000037,
80000036;
B0000039i
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80000041~
80000043~
80000044
80000047
BOOOO,i
3
602
2
3
1
2
6
1
3
1
61
23
2
10
6
1
29
1
3
1
205
4
2
5
3
17
9
2,291
Sub-Ma
3atch Numbe
Pieces
Status Date
I, /7/98
11/9/98
11/12/98
11/13/98
11/16,98
11/17/98
11/18/98
11/19/98
1 l/20/98
Total
Batches~
41
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Pieces
1,692
6
11
132
1
209
11
3
26
2,291
Table 4
MOL Bi-Weekly Report
List of Appendices
1
Printer site logs
2
Personnel
3
Customer reactions
4
Depth of sort information
logs specific to MOL
submitted to BMEU
Appendix 1
Printer Site Logs
November 07 to November
20 1998
11112198
11,,2/98
11HZ198
11,13,9*
1,,13,98
11113198
11II 3198
,,,,4,98
11116198
11116198
11/17/98~
11/18/98l
,1,18,9.3
,,,I9198
1,,,9,98
11119198
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Appendix
3.1
Customer Helpdesk Calls
November
Prepare Mailing
Prepare Mailing
Prepare Mailing
Prepare Mailing
Print Options
Print Options
Quick Calculator
Service
Service Failure
Service Failure
SOftWX~
Other
Total
07 to November
20 1998
Name Mailing
PDF View
Upload Document
Upload Mail List
Mail Back
Paper Selection
Calculating
Other
Not to Order
Print Quality
MS Word
IOther
Number of Calls
4
1
4
8
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
4
Number of Tickets
22,
34
Note: The third column adds to more than the second column because each call can pertain to multiple tickets
Appendix 3.2
Type of Business/Industry
November to December 1998
Type of Businessllndustry
Technology
Retail
Ma”“fact”ri”g
LM
Communications
Marketing
Sales
Real Estate
Fi”a”ciaVBa”ki”gll”vesti”g
Distribution
Consumer Packaged Goods
Healthcare
Insurance
Accounting
E”tertainme”t
wholesale
Automotive
Transportation
Other
Don’t Know
Total
that respondents work in
Appendix
3.3
Number of employees at each customer location
November to December
Number of Employees
Don’t Know
TOhl
1998
Total Respondents
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2
148
Appendix 3.4
Software applications
used to create mailings over the past year
November to December 1998
software
Application
MSword
MSPublisher
Amy Labelmaker
MS0”tlook
Quickbooks
Ouicken
Pti”tShOp
Symantec Ad
My Mail Manager
My Mail List
Peachtree
Other
Total Applications
Total
86
35
32
31
24
14
12
12
6
4
4
39
299
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