Roland Perry wrote:

In message , Al
writes
ATMs all rely on telephone lines. When one goes down, it is frequent that
all nearby ATMs also go down.

I almost mentioned that I didn't think it was that then phone lines were
down, as they were happy to do statements, but not issue cash.

Possibly a machine that's down could still cache account activity for
ministatements, but maybe that's stretching too far.

Perhaps more likely, the machines had simply run out of cash: again, if
demand is so high that one machine is cleaned out, it's likely nearby
machines would also be cleaned out.

That's why sensible folk carry spare cash.

And if you've just flown in from foreign parts?

Like me, they've exchanged for cash before they leave. What's so hard about
that? Even the Post Office will do it these days!
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Al