Nope - in most cities (at least most of the time in Fairbanks) 2 Day means 3 Day (or more). Next Day is usually 2 Day. Exception to this would be Anchorage and Juneau. Post office gets it closer than most of the other carriers though...
Just frustrating is all.... had a friend that every time he put up an auction on eBay he's pick a state from a list of people that wouldn't ship to Alaska and say 'Will ship anywhere in the US except <state>'. Used to love reading the questions about why.... his reply was always the same - "XX company refuses to ship to Alaska at any cost so I am returning the favor and refusing to ship to STATE in return. If you don't like my business practices feel free to contact XX company and have them change their practice.' It was hilarious.
And we get daylight every day here in Anchorage - down to about 4 hours in December, but it gets light.
I know... all in jest. Lots of karaoke up here - we're exceptionally bored so we go out and sing to abuse our friends.