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Roland Perry · October 6th 15, 09:02 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 16:17:43
on Mon, 5 Oct 2015, remarked:
the pavement outside the venue in the pouring rain, or perhaps five
minutes earlier when they are inside in the warm and can more
comfortably use their phone to order a car to arrive in five minute's
time?

Since thats exactly how people used to order minicabs I'm wondering what
exactly is the killer selling point of Uber. Other than it means
Aspergers types don't actually have to talk to a person and get all
stressed.

The USP appears to be a much larger pool of available drivers nearby
than ringing the phone number of some random minicab company.

Not so great when the local hire car and taxi trade is concentrated into an
operator as large as Panther in Cambridge?

I did say "nearby". Anecdotal evidence from Cambridge suggests that if
you order a Panther car it's not very likely to turn up within five
minutes, or even sometimes twenty-five.
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Roland Perry