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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2014 3:35 pm 
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We are in the process of swapping from smart to android now (due to windows xp loosing its support ). And we can buy them of mercury at £150 per unit with craddle/charger and ready to go or we can lease 13 units at a cost of £1.30 per unit per week so roughly £20 quid a week and there upgraded every 2 to 3 years. Grandad what system do yous use ?.

Until very recently we have been using pen and paper. But we are in the process of evaluating a computerised booking and dispatch system. The Auto dispatch requires the driver to have a device in the car, obviously, but this device can be an android phone that is available from many outlets for around £35.00 and a data package which can be a standard sim with data or, I am told, that I can get a data only sim for around £3.00 per month. At the moment I am using my contract Samsung galaxy S4 mini on my call text and data package. The data limit is 500 meg per month and so far since last Saturday when I turned the system on I have used a little over 7 meg.



Give Bill a ring at Datamaster, he doesn't advertise or go to trade shows because word of mouth is much better than advertising. These companies who advertise especially Exel have massive overheads and directors on telephone number salaries who have no experience in the Taxi trade.


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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2014 3:37 pm 
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I think thats the way most dispatch system are going now. Ours ( mercury incase you didnt know ha ha) is just a mobile with a app on really that is linked to our sysyem only via a data sim number. Anyway do you want me to recomend you to mercury and we will both ged a free pda pmsl.


Isn't using a mobile device while driving against the law?


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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2014 5:51 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
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I think thats the way most dispatch system are going now. Ours ( mercury incase you didnt know ha ha) is just a mobile with a app on really that is linked to our sysyem only via a data sim number. Anyway do you want me to recomend you to mercury and we will both ged a free pda pmsl.


Isn't using a mobile device while driving against the law?

You don't use it whilst driving.

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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2014 5:54 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
grandad wrote:
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We are in the process of swapping from smart to android now (due to windows xp loosing its support ). And we can buy them of mercury at £150 per unit with craddle/charger and ready to go or we can lease 13 units at a cost of £1.30 per unit per week so roughly £20 quid a week and there upgraded every 2 to 3 years. Grandad what system do yous use ?.

Until very recently we have been using pen and paper. But we are in the process of evaluating a computerised booking and dispatch system. The Auto dispatch requires the driver to have a device in the car, obviously, but this device can be an android phone that is available from many outlets for around £35.00 and a data package which can be a standard sim with data or, I am told, that I can get a data only sim for around £3.00 per month. At the moment I am using my contract Samsung galaxy S4 mini on my call text and data package. The data limit is 500 meg per month and so far since last Saturday when I turned the system on I have used a little over 7 meg.



Give Bill a ring at Datamaster, he doesn't advertise or go to trade shows because word of mouth is much better than advertising. These companies who advertise especially Exel have massive overheads and directors on telephone number salaries who have no experience in the Taxi trade.

You have a PM.

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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
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Nidge2 wrote:
townhalltaxis wrote:
I think thats the way most dispatch system are going now. Ours ( mercury incase you didnt know ha ha) is just a mobile with a app on really that is linked to our sysyem only via a data sim number. Anyway do you want me to recomend you to mercury and we will both ged a free pda pmsl.


Isn't using a mobile device while driving against the law?


it isnt mobile, its fixed in a cradle, all i do is press "accept"

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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Fri May 16, 2014 7:40 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
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I think thats the way most dispatch system are going now. Ours ( mercury incase you didnt know ha ha) is just a mobile with a app on really that is linked to our sysyem only via a data sim number. Anyway do you want me to recomend you to mercury and we will both ged a free pda pmsl.


Isn't using a mobile device while driving against the law?


it isnt mobile, its fixed in a cradle, all i do is press "accept"


It's a mobile device though and your reading a text message.


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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Fri May 16, 2014 3:30 pm 
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So is just about every other dispatch system. it tells you in the contract not to use when driving and to pull over to acept a job. Just like autocab,auriga,diplomat,datamaster,cordic etc etc


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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Fri May 16, 2014 9:32 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:

It's a mobile device though and your reading a text message.


im rarely moving when a job is sent as ive parked after calling clear, i dont like next jobs sent while im on the last one

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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Sat May 17, 2014 7:27 am 
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So is just about every other dispatch system. it tells you in the contract not to use when driving and to pull over to acept a job. Just like autocab,auriga,diplomat,datamaster,cordic etc etc


70% of the time it's used while driving. If you pull over every time it offered a job it'll time out.


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 Post subject: Re: Mercury any opinions
PostPosted: Sat May 17, 2014 8:05 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
townhalltaxis wrote:
So is just about every other dispatch system. it tells you in the contract not to use when driving and to pull over to acept a job. Just like autocab,auriga,diplomat,datamaster,cordic etc etc


70% of the time it's used while driving. If you pull over every time it offered a job it'll time out.


whats the difference between pressing accept, and pressing the light switch or a radio preset station button?

maybe "accept" should be automatic

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