The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
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David Heath
Tuesday, 14 April 2009 07:58
Worse than that, I've experienced some very crushed tram rides where I was jammed up against the wall – what if my shiny-new Myki was pressed against the reader? "Scan off," "scan off," "scan off," "scan off," "scan off…" Will this mean I'm charged only for the journey up until the first scan off? Maybe the sequence will be "scan off," "scan on," "scan off," "scan on," "scan off…" Perhaps creating multiple trips. Does it cancel my card on suspicion of some kind of attempted fraud? Who knows?
It seems only Perth's SmartRider system has experienced a reasonably smooth roll-out although many of the same issues seen in Victoria have also occurred there. A recent extension to a rail-line meant that the maximum fare also increased – even if you never go anywhere near that line! Oh, and don't pay too much attention to the fact that SmartRider is based on the very-broken Mifare Classic card.
Just as in Perth, one day, someone in our government will explain why we need a new ticketing system. The current system isn't particularly 'broken,' although neither was the previous system. But at least Perth's system didn't cost very much - $30M according to some reports I've read.
As I see it, the biggest problem with Victoria's previous ticketing systems was the need for human involvement. It would appear that Labor governments around the country hate (seemingly with a passion) to see people doing the jobs of hard-working machines and will do their upmost to fix the problem.
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