London buses to offer contactless payment card option from tomorrow (12/12/12)
"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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Mizter T wrote:
I (genuinely) totally disagree with you - I think this will eventually
become one of the so-called 'killer applications' that pushes the
contactless card payment method into the mainstream.
(And FWIW, I haven't got a contactless card in my wallet either!)
I have two, and it means I have to get my Oyster out of my wallet now,
while I used to be able to just bang the whole wallet on the reader.
But yes, I agree, this will become a "killer app" - particularly for
non-London bus companies who don't wish to spend a fortune on the
infrastructure to do a PAYG smartcard when the banks can do it for them.
Is the bit that you are saving going to be significant?
You're still going to have to have a reader in every bus.
You still need to download the data each day to some central collation
point.
You need to provide some sort of intelligent ticketing - most rural bus
companies offer discount returns.
You'll need a "complaints" department to handle mis-reads.
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