"Access competition, by contrast, is where the operator collects mail from the customer, and transports it to
an Inward Mail Centre, but relies upon Royal Mail’s delivery network in order for it to
reach the recipient. To date, access competition has been the prevalent form of
postal competition in the UK for letters. The impact on Royal Mail’s revenues of endto-
end competition is greater than access, as it retains 85-90% of the total revenue
for the access item but is not involved in the value chain for items processed and
delivered end-to-end by another operator. "
I've seen that 85-90% figure before. Does that mean that if Royal Mail is paid 14p by the DSA company that DSA company charges businesses 15½p to 16½p per item and gets it to our Inward Mail Centres for about 1½p to 2½p ?
