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Contactless on the tube and rail
On 17.09.14 16:36, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:13:19 on Wed, 17 Sep 2014, Mizter T remarked: So TfL owns the right to the MiFare system, smart card readers and contactless bank cards does it? Umm , no. So what is left - the gates and the and the backend software? They own whatever middleware and other technology has taken over a year more than even the most recent estimate to get running. It looks as if it *ought* to be simple, but clearly it's not. You think it's simple. OK, if you say so. I said it LOOKS as if it OUGHT to be simple sigh, but clearly it isn't. That's not the same as saying IT IS SIMPLE and that they've botched it. Right, I'll rephrase then... You think it looks like it ought to be simple. OK, if you say so... If I can by a coffee at Starbucks by waving a CPC, and it ends up on my bill at the end of the month, it does seem as if waving a CPC at a gate ought to register my presence with enough information to bill me overnight once I've also registered a touch-out. But clearly it's all a lot more complicated than that, given the kerfuffle to get it all in place. @TfLOfficial said that over 42,000 journeys were made on Tuesday, using contactless. It would be interesting to see how that has increased day-on-day. I also who wonder who is next due to follow suit here in the Uk with contactless. |
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