Taxi Driver Online

I am always wary of people who tell me that so much data traffic is more than enough.

A bit like my teenager only needing £10 credit a month on his mobile.

We had a version of this running in the lab - unfortunately she eventually imploded

R.

Dave,

The £7/per vehicle/per month figure is made up of a £5 GPRS service plan (the line rental) and then £1 per megabyte of data transmitted. We expect to be able to transmit about 1000 jobs worth of data for a pound. If you don't use all of the megabyte you are still charged a pound. If you go over the megabyte, any subsequent ones are an extra pound each.

The solution is quite modular in terms of feature sets, so system price and maintenance is done on a per customer basis. This enables us to be flexible about pricing and support. However, for the record, a goodly proportion of a maintenance bill goes towards providing quality 24x7 support and new feature development.

Voice is available on the handsets based on standard GSM voice tariffs. However, since most drivers already own a mobile phone they could / should use this to call the office.

I need to stress that the system does not need voice to operate. The minimum order size is based on a 5 vehicle fleet. The cost per vehicle decreases as the fleet size increases for a number of reasons. Not least because you don't need to spend on expanding your radio infrastructure. There is already plenty of it out there thanks to Orange, O2, Vodafone etc. The actual cost per vehicle depends on your requirements. Please call the office (01223 421144) and ask for me if you want more info.

Rob Mc

So the £11 a month is now plus capital costs of the equipment, plus costs of the base set-up etc etc etc?

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There is Significant Unmet Demand for my Opinion.

And that's without the cost of the old Doris's.

Oh blimey, that's you isn't it.

Andy,

I'm not too sure what you mean by base set-up? If you mean base-station then no - we don't use/need shortwave/PMR/two-way radios. If you mean a booking office with phones and despatch computers then yep its a fair cop you will need one of them. However, if you want to form a bureau service and "host" virtual booking offices then this is the solution that'll let you do it - provided you pay us of course

Rob Mc

I'll have you know that Old Doris is very cost effective. Bet your Bl**dy PCs cant make a good ole cup of tea. Cant answer historical questions from the days before you had your new PC toys. And above all, cant win over new customers without his well-known outstanding charm and good looks.

Old Doris wont "freeze" or "crash" on a busy Saturday night or in the middle of the morning peak.

Go on Rob. Be brave.

Whats the cost of the booking and despatch software for a three user system. And how does the signal get transmitted to the unit? Dont we need some extra hardware too?

And, does the £11 a month cover the capital or rental cost of the in car/pocket unit too?

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There is Significant Unmet Demand for my Opinion.

poor Rob, being led like Steve from National Cabline!
he will soon learn selling over the forum but hey cordac was the first to use the pdx and it was looked over with interest by someone manning a rival stand at Sandown.

the theory works ask Mick.

the first cordac went in at Sheffield I am told?
Wharfie

Someone help me out here.
Confused of Cambridge

R.

I am happy to unconfuse - show me where and I'll do my best to enlighten but at least get our company name and product right.

R.

Sorry Andy but I want to be clear - do you mean 3 operators who can make and despatch bookings or 3 drivers in vehicles?

R.

Rob, that's the problem with net forums, you have two or more conversations by two or more people, on the same topic. It's an art form of it's own.

The chap from Nat Cabline appeared on another forum, and tried to be clever and preach to those who don't take kindly to be preached at.

But you are different, if for no other reason than I like your idea, and think in time it will be the norm.

Apart from those areas where they still live in them caves.

Alex

Three operators: One despatch, one telephonist, one admin (who can also take bookings in peaks)

25 vehicles, 59 drivers, a cat, and seven goldfish.