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January 2nd 04, 12:16 AM
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Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... |
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January 2nd 04, 10:37 AM
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It's just you
"Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... |
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January 2nd 04, 11:50 AM
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"Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... No - it's just you. Maybe you are meeting the same bus again & again. From my experience it's about 1 in 15. Colin |
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January 2nd 04, 06:09 PM
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Colin wrote: "Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... No - it's just you. Maybe you are meeting the same bus again & again. From my experience it's about 1 in 15. Colin In a sample space of 2 buses today (both 277) one working reader and one "faulty" reader. Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... |
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January 3rd 04, 02:36 AM
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Maybe it's the Lynx effect!
"Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... In article , Colin wrote: "Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... No - it's just you. Maybe you are meeting the same bus again & again. From my experience it's about 1 in 15. Colin In a sample space of 2 buses today (both 277) one working reader and one "faulty" reader. Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... |
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January 3rd 04, 10:23 AM
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Ishmael Sayle III wrote:
Maybe it's the Lynx effect! Ah yes, oyster fragrance Lynx - our cat loves it :-) -- Phil ,,,^.".^,,, --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.557 / Virus Database: 349 - Release Date: 30/12/2003 |
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January 3rd 04, 01:53 PM
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:09:35 +0000 (UTC), (Gordon
Joly) wrote: In article , Colin wrote: "Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... No - it's just you. Maybe you are meeting the same bus again & again. From my experience it's about 1 in 15. Colin In a sample space of 2 buses today (both 277) one working reader and one "faulty" reader. Gordo 2? Have you heard of the concept of statistical significance? Rob. -- rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk |
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January 4th 04, 05:27 PM
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In article , Gordon Joly wrote:
It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? ALL of the readers on the Armchair-run 209 route from Mortlake to Hammersmith are faulty - every time I attempt to use my perfectly valid Oystercard on the route it beeps in error yet flashes up the message "Oystercards are valid for travel THROUGHOUT this route". Most of the time the driver lets me on but sometimes they flat refuse to as it's technically an error. I rang the helpline today and they say that the error code that is printed out indicates that the reader is still in test mode, whatever that means. It's bloody annoying. On another note, a driver on the 419 route from Hammersmith to Richmond yesterday tried to tell me that all Travelcards were not valid for all bus travel in London, regardless of their zones. I pointed out he was completely wrong, and he let me travel after a small amount of polite argument. But still.. I shouldn't have to endure this kind of hassle every time I want to get home. G. -- | grendel at durge dot org | web technologist | london, uk | "It's people like you what cause unrest" |
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January 4th 04, 05:54 PM
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In message om,
Grendel writes [...] On another note, a driver on the 419 route from Hammersmith to Richmond yesterday tried to tell me that all Travelcards were not valid for all bus travel in London, regardless of their zones. I pointed out he was completely wrong, and he let me travel after a small amount of polite argument. But still.. I shouldn't have to endure this kind of hassle every time I want to get home. You are quite right, you shouldn't! Travel-cards for any zone combination have been valid on all bus routes (with a few exceptions) since summer 2002 IIRC -- Kat Me, Ambivalent? Well, yes and no. |
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January 4th 04, 09:10 PM
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On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:54:42 +0000, Kat
wrote: In message om, Grendel writes [...] On another note, a driver on the 419 route from Hammersmith to Richmond yesterday tried to tell me that all Travelcards were not valid for all bus travel in London, regardless of their zones. I pointed out he was completely wrong, and he let me travel after a small amount of polite argument. But still.. I shouldn't have to endure this kind of hassle every time I want to get home. You are quite right, you shouldn't! Travel-cards for any zone combination have been valid on all bus routes (with a few exceptions) since summer 2002 IIRC Jan 02. Rob. -- rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk |
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