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Re:Amazon has a patent to keep people from comparison shoppi... by Zak on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:01PM (#14571228)
> The problem here is that people that use in store WiFi are too cheap to pay for their own 4g bandwidth.

I usually use it when mobile reception is poor, not to save money. I've found poor reception inside larger stores to be a very common problem.

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Re:Amazon has a patent to keep people from comparison shoppi... by synaesthesisx on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:51PM (#14571688)
It would be a shame if large stores intentionally blocked cell reception so customers would use WiFi instead....
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Re:Amazon has a patent to keep people from comparison shoppi... by thefalcon on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:46PM (#14572525)
At some of the big box stores near me it doesn't even need to be intentional, they're just in a near blackout zone with my carrier. Their Wi Fi doesn't tend to perform a whole lot better though.
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Re:Amazon has a patent to keep people from comparison shoppi... by pilsetnieks on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:21PM (#14571910)
It would also be illegal and terrible for their image. Imagine, for example, the shitshow that would arise if they were caught intentionally blocking calls to emergency services, among other things.
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