On 13 May, 11:17, Paul Terry wrote:
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Chris writes

No other TOC had signed up to Ken's proposals as he refused to pay the
entire cost of barrier & software installation.

All of the TOCs had agreed in principle well over a year ago, and
several were totally "signed up" by February 2007. FCC released a press
statement on 30th January 2007 announcing a roll-out starting in 2009,
FGW made a similar announcement the next day, SWT was already obliged by
its franchise to do so, and all of the remainder confirmed their
intention to go ahead with Oyster PAYG within a matter of weeks.
Southern had made the commitment back in 2005 and at one time were
talking of a roll out in 2007 or soon after, although that seems to have
been delayed.
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Paul Terry

'signed up' in my book means 'contractually entered into'....and that
includes a 'go live' date.
THis obviously isn't the case. 'Agreed in principle' doesn't equal
'signed up'. There is obviously a sticking point in getting those
without a go-live date to contract-in, and cost is what I'm being told
is the reason.