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't notice. So if there's a 3G network failure: - Terminals would usually migrate to another cell, there are probably not multiple cells covering a tip - There is still LTE coverage there, so no customers are screaming for the failure to be fixed - The network is aging so failure is common - Parts are hard to get or expensive because its old - Social Distancing is mutually exclusive to how teams of mobile network riggers normally operate, so there's a backlog of faults - Coverage of a tip with a handful of regular customers is low priority for a fix, no manager is escalating this over other faults - Some WFH people nearby are smashing the local 3G network with their old USB 3G adapters that are now on an unlimited download plan In summary, it's probably not a cyberattack. John On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 01:00, Chris Hurley <[email protected]> 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 complaining > and a number of sites now only accepting cash eg local council tips – Why a > hacker would target a tip go figure. > > Regards, > > Chris Hurley BE (Elec) > Signal Manager > > ****************************************************** > Dragon Rail Pty Ltd Phone: 1300 730 531 > PO Box 9110 > Scoresby, 3179 Victoria > > Australia > ****************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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