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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by rmc on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:28AM (#17816764)
I wonder how much of that is language related? Plenty of people around the world speak English (with varying levels of skill and with various dialects). But not many speak German.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by cft on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:59AM (#17818702)
My experience was getting customer service in English in Germany: hotels/car rentals/ tickets etc
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by rmc on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:29PM (#17821311)
Yes, those are tourist industries, no surprise there's a lot of English. But the tier one customer support for a large teleco, or a bank? They probably aren't requiring fluent English for that.
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