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1. Setting up a centralized high volume phone reservation system on short notice is not easy or cheap. 2. Setting up a centralized high volume system to print
by blueben 17y ago
1. Setting up a centralized high volume phone reservation system on short notice is not easy or cheap.
2. Setting up a centralized high volume system to print tickets is easy and cheap.
There's a reason why the landscape is littered with software based startups, but only precious few telephony based startups.
- seregine 17y agoI'm a big fan of Twilio for 1). Easy and cheap.
- joezydeco 17y agoWhy does it have to be some specialized high volume custom phone system? I don't think my local government did any such thing. So people can't get through instantly and some probably can't ever get in until demand lessens and inventories increase. How, statistically, does that differ from putting a deli-style number dispenser on a corner and saying "go for it!" to a city full of people?
- qw 17y agoOne advantage is that you can serve more people at the same time. It is probably much faster to push a button and get a ticket, than fighting a phone system
- joezydeco 17y agoIt might be faster to push a button and get a ticket, if you're already standing in front of the machine. How are these people all getting to the clinic? Are they driving? Taking public transportation? Cabs? Where are they parking? Now they all go home and come back a second time?