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Anyone else having problems downloading from Reuters the past two days???

winthorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Today is 4/29/99 and this is the "second" day in a row that I have been unable
> to download quotes here in San Francisco. I keep getting ID 800 timeout errors.
> Can anyone from Equis or Reuters please shed some light on this matter. This
> on-going problem is getting rreal real old!
>
>                                                              Winthorpe
>
> Justin Case wrote:
>
> > >Anyone not getting the futures data for 3/5/99?
> >
> > Not yet...but then, it's only Monday morning at 9AM here in New York.
> >
> > >Why is it that it takes
> > >so long to get end of day futures data?
> >
> > Because Reuters is inept...but then, you probably already know that if
> > you've been with them for over a week.
> >
> > >How long could it possibly take
> > >to simply compile data so that we can download it in a simple manner at
> > >the end of the day?
> >
> > The data should be available by tonight at 10PM...Reuters' standard answer.
> >
> > >It is Sunday 3/7/99 and still no futures data no SNP...no Bonds....no
> > >nothing.
> >
> > That's right...though cash indices have been available since Friday
> > afternoon...job well done, Reuters.