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More importantly, Uber is neither a cab NOR a private car service. It's a communications network that links private car services with people who want to get a
by jaylevitt 14y ago
More importantly, Uber is neither a cab NOR a private car service.
It's a communications network that links private car services with people who want to get a ride from the private car service.
- untog 14y agoGiven that they handle payments, its considerably more than a communication network.
- jaylevitt 14y agoTrue - it's a marketplace, eBay for livery services.
- rprasad 14y agoBy that definition, no cab companies are cabs, since that is exactly what the cab companies do--arrange trips between independently contracted cab drivers and potential customers. Under the legal definition of cab services in many municipalities, Uber is a cab service rather than a livery service. In other municipalities, Uber is merely a livery service. In the U.S., each municipality gets to define what a cab service and a livery service are (because that is a local power under the federal system of government).