l-mail sends physical letters over the internet
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- Sep 30, 2004
"L-Mail.com":http://www.l-mail.com/, to be officially launched on 28 September, will offer consumers and businesses the ability to send postal letters via any Internet enabled computer through a web based interface.
Users of the service can type and format their letter in a browser, click submit before it's printed and put in traditional postal mail systems from one of an initial 7 locations around the world.
QiQ, the developers of L-Mail, claim their service will save users time and money over using traditional post. International letters will frequently be cheaper through L-Mail than traditional mail.
For example, a three-page letter to the United States will cost 64p fully inclusive. Postage for a 20g letter from the UK to the USA is 68p, not including stationary costs.
L-Mails can be sent to any address on the planet via the initial seven printing and posting locations in Sydney, British Columbia, Madrid, Edinburgh, Leicester, London, Ellensburg (US West Coast)and New York.
The firm said further locations will be added regularly.