DATAPAC

DATAPAC was Canada's packet switched X.25-equivalent data network. Operated first by Trans-Canada Telephone System,[1] then Telecom Canada, then the Stentor Alliance, it finally reverted to Bell Canada when the Stentor Alliance was dissolved.[2]

Use

One of the uses of DATAPAC network was to transmit debit card transactions between retailers and the financial institutions (banks) through the Interac Direct Payment EFTPOS network. Some automatic teller machines also used the DATAPAC network.[3]

It was also used to transmit lottery ticket numbers that are purchased by customers.

Types of connections

Future use

With the advent of lower-cost WAN technologies like IP/MPLS, the importance of DATAPAC diminished in the marketplace. Bell phased out support for DATAPAC, discontinuing the service at the end of 2009.[4]

See also

References

  1. Planning an Evolution: The Story of the Canadian Payments Association, 1980-2002 Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. The Canadian Encyclopedia
  3. "Calypso Canada speeds ahead with INETCO CashGate". INETCO. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29.
  4. Bostelaar, Robert (2009-12-31). "Robust Datapac finally retires". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

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