JungleCents, taking a cue from sites like Commission Junction, aims to reroute customer acquisition costs into their giftcard model, accepting giftcards from companies in lieu of cash and then running those giftcards as daily deals off the JungleCents site in order to hook in users.
Microsoft general manager Adrienne Hall acknowledged in a statement that service was rerouted for customers because of issues related to a cut cable, but Hall did not pinpoint the location.
With GPS, a central dispatcher in each big city figures out which trucks are closest to the delivery site and sends them out on much shorter notice — constantly rerouting as customers cancel, delay or speed up their orders.
The company's market share, which normally hovers around 11 percent of daily stock trading volume, dipped several percentage points, as customers rerouted trades to other exchanges.
And the company's trading volume that day fell several percentage points below its normal 11 percent, as customers rerouted trades to other platforms.
Also, in some applications, customers are rerouted to a new location (for another service) after their service is completed.
Transit -- All Midtown Direct service is rerouted to Hoboken, where customers can connect to PATH trains, N.Y.
AT&T asserted that Qwest, based in Denver, was negligent in severing an AT&T line connecting Austin and San Antonio in September, November and December 1997, disrupting service for hours, though most customers were rerouted automatically to other parts of the network and were able to place calls.
But Expedia did publish information about delays on its Web site and rerouted calls from its customer call center in Ottawa, which was affected by the power failure, to other call centers that could handle customer queries.
Amazon and other retailers agreed, for a cut, to reroute their own customers to Pottermore.
