(keitai-l) Re: Vodafone does FeliCa

From: Mohit Sindhwani <mohits_at_onghu.com>
Date: 03/02/05
Message-ID: <42256327.303@onghu.com>
Gerhard Fasol wrote:

>I can assure you that a system which needs 30 seconds for
>a train ticket authorization might work in some remote
>areas of Europe, but will never ever work in Tokyo. Therefore
>(and for other reasons) these system must work online and
>offline. Actually, the Felica phones can connet two ways
>through the reader/writer and through the air.
>
>  
>
As regards public transport, I heard at a seminar in Singapore that the 
time between the card being tapped and the command being issued to the 
ticket barrier to open is usually in the range of 100 mili-seconds!!

So, you're right - 30 seconds would be outrageous.. :)
Cheers
mohit.
Received on Wed Mar 2 08:54:38 2005