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Posted by Anthony Bellanga on May 25, 2008, 7:59 pm
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Sam Spade wrote:
> Only the ma and pa stores use dial up for credit card validation.
> Most are done either by dedicated circiut or satellite service.
I don't know if I'd call Waffle House a "ma and pa" operation. Every
Waffle House I've been to seems to use the same POTS phone line that
is also their business phone, for dial-up for credit card validation.
And most convenience stores I've been to also seem to share their
regular voice phone line for dial-up card validation. And these
stores seem to be part of a "chain", and sell "name brand" gasoline.
BTW, I'm referring to the card validation in the store at the checkout
counter. I seem to think that the card readers at the gas pumps are
somehow connected by dedicated links.
There's always some other employee trying to make personal phone
calls or otherwise talking on their business lines, when I'm trying
to checkout and pay with a card, when at the counter in convenience
stores or at a Waffle House. I also have found the same thing at some
other "chain" fast food places as well.
a/b
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