Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Nathan Brookfield
e was a time perhaps seven or eight years ago when 50% (or more) of all transactions in Australia went through a single data centre on the Pacific Hwy in North Sydney. Kind regards, Jason Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:06:36 +0930 From: John Edwards To: Chris Hurley Cc: "" Subject: Re:

Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Scott Howard
e on the Pacific > Hwy in North Sydney. > > > Kind regards, > > Jason > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:06:36 +0930 > > From: John Edwards > > To: Chris Hurley > > Cc: "" > > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST term

[AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Jason Xiros
Jun 2020 09:06:36 +0930 > From: John Edwards > To: Chris Hurley > Cc: "" > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Tips are low priority areas for mobile coverage. They are

Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Matthew VK3EVL
Electronic Funds Point Of Sale T??? Or maybe it's Electronic funds Postal like sending a cheque by mail On the other hand, "ef T pos" has been working fine for me :) On 22/06/2020 12:06 pm, Nathan Brookfield wrote: What’s EFPOST anyway? Haha On 22 Jun 2020, at 12:02, Noel Butler wrote: 

Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Evan Dent
T for terminal ( yes I know in the original email the word terminal was used after the acronym.) If you google eftpost. You will see numerous instances of it. On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, 11:36 am Nathan Brookfield, < nathan.brookfi...@simtronic.com.au> wrote: > What’s EFPOST anyway? Haha > > On 22 J

Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Jay Dixon
it's my understanding that EFTPOS (which processes bank cards from savings accounts etc) is actually a different payment processor than VISA/Mastercard/Amex so it would be possible for EFTPOS to be offline without affecting tap & go or paywave type payments from the credit card processors. Either

Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Nathan Brookfield
What’s EFPOST anyway? Haha On 22 Jun 2020, at 12:02, Noel Butler wrote:  hacker? nah... Might be a minor hissy somewhere with someones network, I've used my card at multiple places yesterday and this morning - all tap 'n go, the only hiccup I had was at a supermarket yesterday, it returned

Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Noel Butler
hacker? nah... Might be a minor hissy somewhere with someones network, I've used my card at multiple places yesterday and this morning - all tap 'n go, the only hiccup I had was at a supermarket yesterday, it returned declined, I tapped immediately same card again and it approved On 22/06/2020

Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread John Edwards
Tips are low priority areas for mobile coverage. They are deliberately built where no-one else is, such that they would account for the majority of an expensive mobile sector. I imagine that most EFTPOS terminals are still 3G. If 3G failed, most of us with a smartphone less than 5 years old wouldn

Re: [AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Pete Mundy
EFPOST? > On 22/06/2020, at 3:29 AM, Chris Hurley wrote: > > Hi all, > > Has anyone else noticed experience a large increase in EFPOST terminals being > down? With CoVid a lot of end users have switched to EFPOST only > transactions but in the last 72 hrs we have noticed end users compla

[AusNOG] EFPOST terminals down

2020-06-21 Thread Chris Hurley
Hi all, Has anyone else noticed experience a large increase in EFPOST terminals being down? With CoVid a lot of end users have switched to EFPOST only transactions but in the last 72 hrs we have noticed end users complaining and a number of sites now only accepting cash eg local council tips ­ Wh