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Conference 7.286::dcu

Title:DCU
Notice:1996 BoD Election results in 1004
Moderator:CPEEDY::BRADLEY
Created:Sat Feb 07 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1041
Total number of notes:18759

41.0. "EASYCASH ATM UPTIME %" by 25217::DEVIVO (Paul DeVivo @VRO, DTN 273-3166) Wed Aug 19 1987 10:42

    Has anyone else had trouble with DCU EASYCASH ATMs being down
    frequently?  Being near Maynard, I fortunately have access to two
    EASYCASH ATMs outside, plus another two inside DEC facilities. 
    
    It seems they are up less than 50% of the time on weekends.  This
    is even true on Friday evenings.
    
    Does anyone know what the uptime percentage for an ATM should be? I'm
    starting to keep a log on my experiences, because I anticipate the DCU
    will want specifics to respond to any complaint. 
    
    What's your experience?
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41.1Others seem to be available REGENT::GETTYSBob Gettys N1BRMWed Aug 19 1987 13:5811
                I don't use the DCU ATM's very often, so I can't comment
        on their reliability in either direction. However, I do use the
        ATM's of another bank exstensively (at least once a week),
        mainly on weekends and after normal banking hours. The
        availability of these machines has been excellent with only a
        very few times (less than 10 times in at least 5 years) that any
        machine has given me a problem. I can only think of one time
        when the system was down as opposed to an individual machine
        being down.
                
                /s/     Bob
41.2Is it ever available when you need it?9113::SHAWBob ShawFri Sep 25 1987 12:2113
    
    
    	From my experience in Colorado, the ATM is always down at the
    most inconvenient times.  They always do balancing at about 12 noon
    each day so it cannot be used to get lunch money (probably to conform
    to balancing back east time schedule) and in the evenings (probably
    for the nightly account postings).  Any time the comm lines are
    down, it is unavailable but it would be nice to allow transactions
    to take place off line and update after comm is reestablished. 
    I am sure that cash withdrawals from non DCU ATMS dont depend on
    the availability of the DCU computer.
    
    
41.3Non-Digital ATMs Do Require DCU ComputerEXPLOR::SOJDALarry SojdaFri Sep 25 1987 16:2410
   Re .2
    
    My experience with non-Digital ATM's seems to indicate that they
    DO depend on the availability of the DCU computer.  There have been
    several instances where I could not make withdrawals from my DCU
    account because the ATM told me it could not communicate with my
    bank's computer (that is the DCU's computer).  Using the same ATM
    I COULD make a withdrawal from my account at the host bank (Merchants
    Bank in Vermont).  This happens rather infrequently but it does
    happen.
41.4THINGS HAVE IMPROVED!25348::DEVIVOPaul DeVivo @VRO, DTN 273-3166Tue Oct 27 1987 13:1716
Posting this note here has done some good.  Something *has* changed, and
all I can say is thanks to whoever in DCU read and responded.

After I posted the original note, I started keeping a record, and here's
what I found:

                DATE    TIME    LOC     DAY     STATUS
                
                8/22    11:44   Mill    Sat     OPEN
                8/26    17:45   Mill    Wed     OPEN
                9/5     20:10   Mill    Sat     OPEN
                10/15   16:40   Mill    Thurs   OPEN
                10/26   19:50   Mill    Mon     OPEN
                
Congratulations DCU!
    
41.5BEIRUT::SUNNAAFri Oct 20 1989 11:5914
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Note 199.0                    Will they ever learn?                   No replies
AZTECH::JARRETT                                       8 lines  19-OCT-1989 14:01
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Here we are a 12:00 and DCU has the ATM down for "Balancing".  Just what I'd
do to promote customer satisfaction...take the machine down during a peak
demand period...Where do these people get their customer skills?  Will they
never learn?

sign me

Frustrated in Colorado Springs