24-02-2020, 02:06 PM
This morning I was awakened by my frantic wife who couldn't join an important meeting. The internet wasn't working.
After going up the road to the local Movistar point I could see that it wasn't just me.
I called a few contacts, many people are offline.
First action: Go and Get Cash
Most card machines and cash machines use the most common local internet provider to do all their processing. If the internet is down so are they.
I went to Corralejo and almost all cash machines were out of service - except Santander.
On the way home I discovered that Mercadona can only accept card payments from certain banks(one of their providers (caxia I think) is online and thus can process some cards).
I managed to set up my backup internet system, and installed all kits at clients sites.
My Movistar Contact confirmes the internet is down in the whole north, and a fix is still being worked on with no ETA.
If anyone has an urgent need for internet, send me a PM and you are welcome to drop by. Please bring your own tea bags.
I will update this thread when I get an ETA on a fix, but I would expect minimum tomorrow, maximum 2 days.
After going up the road to the local Movistar point I could see that it wasn't just me.
I called a few contacts, many people are offline.
First action: Go and Get Cash
Most card machines and cash machines use the most common local internet provider to do all their processing. If the internet is down so are they.
I went to Corralejo and almost all cash machines were out of service - except Santander.
On the way home I discovered that Mercadona can only accept card payments from certain banks(one of their providers (caxia I think) is online and thus can process some cards).
I managed to set up my backup internet system, and installed all kits at clients sites.
My Movistar Contact confirmes the internet is down in the whole north, and a fix is still being worked on with no ETA.
If anyone has an urgent need for internet, send me a PM and you are welcome to drop by. Please bring your own tea bags.
I will update this thread when I get an ETA on a fix, but I would expect minimum tomorrow, maximum 2 days.
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