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We're not in the business of getting from A to B. We're about optimizing entire fleets (think 1000 orders, 100 vehicles). Traffic delays are but…",{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"7491855","1. Global support 2. The orders that cannot be reached will be returned in an array: unserved 3. No cap. $29\u002Fvehicle\u002Fmonth. 4. Hard question; since we're talking about an NP-hard…",{"value":58,"source":7,"evidence":59},"Small and mid-sized businesses and enterprises running delivery fleets",[60],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"7498903","You're right: FedEx and UPS are spending billions on route optimization. Must mean they see an ROI. What about the rest who cannot afford that? 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You seem to know your market really well and you should expand on the website copy with some of this reaaly valuable…",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"7491752","rectangletangle","The site looks particularly nice, and the service looks like it could be useful.",{"value":97,"source":82,"evidence":98},"Useful niche idea",[99,103,104],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"7491489","jayvanguard","Just what I'm looking for, thanks.",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"7493504","dojomouse","This seems to be what I need. What map data are you using?",[109,120,128],{"value":110,"source":82,"evidence":111},"Unclear basis for the claim that routes are up to 20% shorter",[112,116],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"7491232","Xorlev","\"Research shows our routes are up to 20% shorter\" shorter than what? Which research? You're lacking a lot of copy, but the idea is pretty good. Niche, but good. 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