Yet another reason to get the RFID cards for your favourite networks…
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Yet another reason to get the RFID cards for your favourite networks…
I guess they could say that if the eftpos machine breaks at a servo they dont give away free fuel
They just put out those annoying orange witches hats which can get wedged under the front of your car if you hook around the corner because you are being tailgated in adelaide and dont see them in time (ask me how i know about this haha)
If they start giving away free electricity when the charger loses connection via mobile network, I predict a sudden increase in schematics and parts lists being posted in this forum to build mobile phone signal jammers. spoiler alert: it takes about $20 in parts, beginners soldering skills, and a 9V battery...
It would also pretty quickly attract the attention of ACMA. A potential fine of $1.75M and 5 years in the clink is a steep price to risk for a bit of free charging.
Max Spaghetti
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Certainly - for the ones that actually offer them... BP Pulse and Ampol Ampcharge still don't offer or accept RFID cards. Nor can you manually pay in-store for your charging.
No, but they still accept cash - and might even have one of those old-fashioned credit card manual imprinters under the register (even if they don't, they can write down your credit card number in a book and charge you manually later - I've actually had that happen once many years ago).
At the end of the day, an essential service that relies totally on a mobile internet connection with no back-up solution is a problem that actually needs to be solved. This is a country where people are sometimes fleeing bushfires, for example.
Reminds me of the old rumour that ATMs would give away free cash if their comms line was cut.
Yes. Petrol stations would have similar problems if they lost power, wouldn't they? Couldn't run the pumps. Comms infrastructure is usually well protected (especially mobile towers seem quite good), so perhaps the ChargeFox failure happened further up the stack? Or a similar problem as the Teslra IoT issue?
That has always seemed like an oversight to me.
Surely if there's an operator there it makes sense to allow them to confirm a session has been paid for just like a normal pump.
GSM doesn’t exist here anymore. Hasn’t since 2018. So a GSM repeater would be as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.
Max Spaghetti
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That's exactly what I mean. ACMA was a poor prosecutor of illegal GSM repeaters - when they were around.
Even now it takes little action against the LTE illegals as well
ACMA will absolutely take action if they are reported. They will visit the site, identify the presence of an illegal transmitter, and shut the illegal transmitter down and remove the equipment. And then identify the owner and probably issue a fine. ACMA has search and enter powers.
Illegal transmitters - particularly mobile network ones - are an extremely serious issue and possible threat to public safety because they can interfere with the properly licenced public telecommunications transmitters and potentially stop someone making a 000 call.
But the point is they need to be reported. ACMA can’t take action against something it does not know about. It doesn’t have an army of people with spectrum analyzers surveying the RF landscape 24/7 across every sq km of this country.
So, have you identified the presence of an illegal repeater and reported it to ACMA?
Not myself but close friends living in a rural area have over the years reported illegal repeaters to Telstra and ACMA but nothing ever done.
How did they confirm an illegal repeater as opposed to the licensed ones that Telstra and Optus sell for their respective networks?
Because from time to time they would get a their mobile access would drop of even though signal is same and sometimes increased . (Illegal signal booster better term for it). Were told by Telstra and ACMA they suspect illegal boosters. But nothing ever done.
RichardV
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Type2 and CCS2.
CCS1, there may only be one left in the country anyway, will not work for Teslas. It is North American CCS type.
Charging apps are like Pokémon. You gotta get ‘em all.
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