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		Pneumatic Tube Mail in New York City (wikipedia.org)
		2 points by elicash on June 3, 2019 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

tomohawk on June 3, 2019 [–]

The difference between performance and scale. A truck full of mail probably takes longer, but performs much better at scale (has more bandwidth) and is likely cheaper to maintain.

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