Re:Coin
by sopooneo on Thursday November 14, 2013 @09:38PM
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I was under the impression a lot of swipe machines used plain old phone lines. No?
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Re:Coin
by willshowalter on Thursday November 14, 2013 @10:06PM
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Older ones did. Newer ones tend to run over the internet. They don't tie up a phone line at either end of the connection, and the information transfer is much quicker, so in most circumstances it works better for everyone.