Saving the Post Office

The Post Office is in dire straits, and yes, ought to be saved, and yes, I can be dumber than a bag of hair, and admittedly don't know much about these sorts of things, but since its mission, at heart, is to facilitate communication between our citizens, no matter how far flung their domiciles, nor how heinous the weather, couldn't they become to the providers of some kind of dirt cheap, bare bones internet service? perhaps text only, email only?

There's probably some reason that this idea is inane, because, as I said, I don't know much about it, and am just building castles with internet access in the air...