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It seems to differ between implementation. In Iceland the readers have usually been superfast. We just had a Costco open and the readers there are superslow.
by Beltiras 9y ago
It seems to differ between implementation. In Iceland the readers have usually been superfast. We just had a Costco open and the readers there are superslow. Goes through multiple handshakes and notifies you of the process. They might be hooked up to a different payment processor than the local ones, hence higher latency.
- firebird84 9y agoThat's odd. My costco recently switched to using chip readers and they are SUPER fast. They're the fastest I've ever seen. I can't imagine there's any way they're contacting a host at all...