Shanghai traffic cards and etc cards for the first time face the public "online charge"

Absrtact: A few days ago, Shanghai traffic cards and etc cards for the first time to face the public "online charging", but to complete the recharge process, must first spend 120 yuan to buy a trading terminal. Why do people have to pay for their own services? This raises the user's dissatisfaction.

A few days ago, Shanghai traffic cards and etc cards for the first time to face the public "online charging", but to complete the recharge process, must first spend 120 yuan to buy a trading terminal. Why do people have to pay for their own services? This raises the user's dissatisfaction.

Terminal charges high controversy

In the Shanghai Rail Exchange Club Forum, many people shelled the Internet charging terminal charges high, became a "gold absorption tool." Mr. Zhang said, has been thinking of the traffic card recharge is required terminal induction, home recharge is impossible, the original is to let you spend money to buy a terminal, the home "transformation" into a service center, a "change" feeling.

And even more puzzling is that, although the "online charging" trading terminal price of 120 yuan, but as long as the purchase of more than 10 (including), you can discount 60 yuan. Buy 10 to fold? How much moisture does this "online charge" price have? "If half the cardholder buys the trading terminal, the sales will be at least 1.1 billion yuan," the citizen Mr. Xu questioned. Is this a convenient service or a money-making tool? Minhao, director of the Auto-id (Automatic identification) laboratory at Fudan University, said that with the popularization of RFID tags and related reading and writing devices, the cost is also decreasing. The cost of this terminal is how much money, the relevant departments should be open to the public.

Shanghai public Transport Card Company's responsible person explained that this terminal's cost price is indeed relatively high, if the discount price 60 yuan calculates, each terminal must lose dozens of yuan. "Buy 10 halves" is only one of the current promotional methods.

According to the public, the use of "online charging" is also troublesome. First of all, the terminal and computer networking, open a specific "online charge" account, through the network of silver and other means to the account to fill money. Then through the terminal sensor, use the money in the account to recharge the traffic card. And the "Move Money" operation is more like a tongue twister, need to pass through the card inspection card, remove card verification card, remove the confirmation, move into the card inspection card, move into the confirmation, and many other steps, some netizens also complained that "card to the card transfer capital, can only be all the transfer of capital, can not be part of the transfer of capital." ”。

However, some members of the public feel that the "online charging" for the public more than a choice of recharge, is the traditional way to supplement, especially for some need to bulk recharge enterprises very meaningful.

To prevent the "unlimited charge" risk

Can traffic cards, like bank cards, be easily recharged, transferred and transferred without a terminal? Chen Du, expert of Shanghai Computer Association, Bank card, the card is online operation, every time the deduction, consumption, the relevant data will be sent back to the background of the database real-time, traffic cards are off-line operation, all the recharge and consumption information are recorded in the card chip to meet the public transport, rental and other mobile consumption needs. "To make traffic cards as convenient as a bank card, unless each bus and taxi can be networked, the current coverage of wireless networks is not up to that level." ”

Compared to the terminal price, Chen is more concerned about the safety of the terminal. "Because the capital information is all recorded in the chip, the traffic card is not the real name, so the right to recharge to the public at the same time, must pay attention to security, to prevent people with ulterior motives to crack, into an ' infinite charge '." ”

Shanghai Public Transportation Card company related Personage said, "The on-line charge" is only for the traffic card recharge, the transfer capital has opened up a new way, but the original some offline recharge dot will still serve as usual. Online recharge and offline recharge strengths, people can choose according to their own needs.