"Recliner" wrote in message
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"tim....." wrote:
"Mizter T" wrote in message
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20694027

The timescale of this was what I asked about just two weeks ago, and
voila it's here - not the full version by any means, as they'll be no
capping initially, and it'll be some while longer before other TfL
modes (Tube, DLR, LO etc) accept it, with no word yet on NR.

So

With only XX percentage of customers having a "contactless" bank card (I
don't have one, and I have 3 bank cards in my wallet).

Only usable on the bus

and no capping even to the one day buss pass.

I predict a complete failure of this experiment

It's an experiment to test the technology in the real world, not to prove
that large numbers of people will use this limited, first stage
implementation. On that basis, it'll be a success if the technology works
reliably,

How will they know if it works reliably?

No-one is going to complain if the don't get charged and few are going to
notice if they are overcharged, so how are they going to measure the failure
rate?

tim