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Re:Troubles Mount for the We Company as Softbank Reportedly ... by vonmoltke on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @05:51PM (#20934209)
> Is Regus really pin compatible with WeWork? WeWork offers cheap 1-desk offices with Internet/utilities bundled. Last I checked, Regus offered a "1-desk office" that was much more expensive, could fit several people, and didn't include amenities like Internet bundled.

Depends on the market. Regus, as far as I know, doesn't put a lot of effort on build-out of the spaces they sublet. They take them pretty much as they are. It certainly wasn't a co-working space, but those weren't rare before WeWork either.

> There were online retailers before Amazon, too.

There certainly were online retailers before Amazon, but people didn't call them "rare" before Amazon.

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Re:Troubles Mount for the We Company as Softbank Reportedly ... by tptacek on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @06:30PM (#20934557)
"Rare" wouldn't be the word I would use, but the offering WeWork had, a few years ago, was unique and very well targeted to people like me: default month-to-month leasing of flexible 1- and 2-desk offices and hot desk spaces, all amenities included, at below-market prices.
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