On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 08:21 +0000, Michael Watterson wrote:
> On 17/01/2011 01:23, Herbert Graf wrote:
> > I don't know about the rest of the world, but all the C&P terminals I'v=
e
> > used here in NA with my new C&P VISA card take at least 10-15 seconds
> > after I enter my pin to respond with a "pin OK" type message. I can't
> > imagine if the POS terminal was just asking the card that it would take
> > that long to decide?
> >
> It only tells you "pin OK" when the transaction is done. Some are slow=20
> because they use dialup.

Do you have a reference for this? If the POS terminal is communicating
with the bank to confirm the transaction is done, why wouldn't they
first have the bank confirm the PIN with the terminal, the two are
already communicating?=20

I'm sorry, but it just doesn't track, it sounds more like an urban
legend to me.

TTYL

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