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(1) has never happened to me in a US city, and very rarely in non-US cities. (2) has never bothered me because Uber keeps a log of every ride I take, the rating

(1) has never happened to me in a US city, and very rarely in non-US cities. (2) has never bothered me because Uber keeps a log of every ride I take, the rating system gives me a much more confidence in the driver than a random government licensing scheme, and the app tells me the license plate number so the vehicle is easily-recognizable. (3) has never happened to me -- you may be thinking of one of the other ridesharing services where driver and customer are considered peers. (4) presupposes the taxi driver speaks English well enough to communicate their "serious local knowledge" which IME is indeed "hit and miss."

username223 11y ago
> random government licensing scheme Presumably you mean that because there's government, it's arbitrary and likely fraudulent. I'm not sure how that's worse than Alice showing up with a card swiper, or showing up with Bob's card swiper, but... whatever. > ridesharing services where driver and customer are considered peers. The cognitive dissonance here makes my head hurt. What exactly is the person "sharing" their car with you? The "serious knowledge" is the stuff that lets them get you through recent construction to the recently-renamed hotel where Corporate booked you.
sandworm101 11y ago
When I land in SF, if I haven't purchased any plan ahead of time, my rate 5$ per MEGAbyte. That is IF my phone actually works, which is probably 90% for outgoing and 50/50 for receiving incoming calls. Canadian ISPs are horrible, but we don't have much choice. Since Uber relies on having a working phone it cannot rise above that horrible bar. Taxis don't require any working technology. My "plan": http://business.telus.com/en/business/bc/business-travel-roaming/us-roam-ready http://business.telus.com/en/business/bc/business-travel-roa...
- kjksf 11y ago
  I don't think transportation services should be optimized for Canadians With Expensive Data Plans That Landed In SFO. If you land at SFO you have an array of transportation services. Taxis are still there. You can take BART. There are shuttles. You can rent a car. For most people Uber is better than a taxi.
  - sandworm101 11y ago
    I never said that Uber should go away. I am pointing out that neither are Taxis, that they are two different services for two different markets. Taxis provide things that uber cannot, one cannot totally replace the other. As for airports not optimizing transport for Canadians, airports should do exactly that. Any city wanting to be a business hub should indeed try to accommodate international travelers. And they all do. If canadians have a rough time at a US airport, I think it safe to assume the Chinese, Japanese, Arab or Indian business traveler will have it worse. Car rental is not an option for many international travelers. Licensing issues mean most will never bother. BART is great, but it isn't for the uninitiated traveler on a dark night. The routing is not intuitive. And it is really loud, not a pleasant experience after a long flight.

username223 11y ago

> random government licensing scheme Presumably you mean that because there's government, it's arbitrary and likely fraudulent. I'm not sure how that's worse than Alice showing up with a card swiper, or showing up with Bob's card swiper, but... whatever. > ridesharing services where driver and customer are considered peers. The cognitive dissonance here makes my head hurt. What exactly is the person "sharing" their car with you? The "serious knowledge" is the stuff that lets them get you through recent construction to the recently-renamed hotel where Corporate booked you.

sandworm101 11y ago

When I land in SF, if I haven't purchased any plan ahead of time, my rate 5$ per MEGAbyte. That is IF my phone actually works, which is probably 90% for outgoing and 50/50 for receiving incoming calls. Canadian ISPs are horrible, but we don't have much choice. Since Uber relies on having a working phone it cannot rise above that horrible bar. Taxis don't require any working technology. My "plan": http://business.telus.com/en/business/bc/business-travel-roaming/us-roam-ready http://business.telus.com/en/business/bc/business-travel-roa...

kjksf 11y ago
I don't think transportation services should be optimized for Canadians With Expensive Data Plans That Landed In SFO. If you land at SFO you have an array of transportation services. Taxis are still there. You can take BART. There are shuttles. You can rent a car. For most people Uber is better than a taxi.
- sandworm101 11y ago
  I never said that Uber should go away. I am pointing out that neither are Taxis, that they are two different services for two different markets. Taxis provide things that uber cannot, one cannot totally replace the other. As for airports not optimizing transport for Canadians, airports should do exactly that. Any city wanting to be a business hub should indeed try to accommodate international travelers. And they all do. If canadians have a rough time at a US airport, I think it safe to assume the Chinese, Japanese, Arab or Indian business traveler will have it worse. Car rental is not an option for many international travelers. Licensing issues mean most will never bother. BART is great, but it isn't for the uninitiated traveler on a dark night. The routing is not intuitive. And it is really loud, not a pleasant experience after a long flight.