Also keep in mind that most transactions done with these machines over
POTS are unencrypted. So don't try to plug one into a VoIP ATA.
On 4/11/2011 20:20, Josh Luthman wrote:
All of my customers are through wireless medium. There are a handful
with the credit card processing machines you see everywhere (the blue
thin ones). No complaints. 90% of these units have a 10baseT (that's
ten not one hundred) Ethernet port. I have seen a couple that DO NOT
have an Ethernet port.
Every provider I have ever talked to supported both mediums. Every
customer will thank you greatly for moving them to Ethernet instead of
dial up - transactions are at least a tenth the time. Call the
merchant, say you want to use Ethernet instead of phone (you may need
dial tone for this migration period!!!) and they'll tell you what to push.
http://www.floridamerchantunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/vx510_39.jpg
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Troy, OH 45373
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Ben West <b...@gowasabi.net
<mailto:b...@gowasabi.net>> wrote:
I am curious if anyone has experience providing wireless service
to small businesses who use a POS credit card system.
My own chats with various small biz owners here in St. Louis
suggests that their merchant account providers tend to expect a
twisted-pair phone line and/or dedicated DSL/cable, no wireless.
I imagine this may vary depending on who actually provides the
merchant account, but has anyone received feedback from such
providers about their expectations for serving the credit card
machines wireless? E.g. must you use dedicated, encrypted
wireless links (as common sense would suggest), and/or VPNs, or
must the POS machine sit on a dedicated LAN, etc?
Thanks.
P.S. By POS I mean Point of Sale, to avoid any confusion. ;)
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