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Sooooo.
The implication here is that any particular data delay problem may be a
function of one or more of the following:
- confusion, focus, and/or typing problems at the exchange (nothing can
be done here except for electronic trading)
- data feed MODE (satellite/dish or cable)
- data feed VENDOR status (i.e., 'BMI' or 'FS' or etc.)==>> working
hypothesis? this is the most infrequent source of any problems
- Satellite MODE status (if data feed mode = 'satellite/dish') e.g., ==>>
the satellite just went out of orbit
- Cable Channel Delivery MODE status (if data feed mode = 'cable'; e.g.,
choice = 'CSPAN' as below: some programmer at CSPAN made a minor production
system change regarding relative priority of data feeds moving across the
channel and screwed up your trade)
What logically possible sources of the problem aren't listed above?
If my working hypothesis is correct, then the optimal thing to do is NOT to
shop for a new data vendor but instead (1) diversify MODES or (2) focus on
the single most reliable MODE SETS.
Steven Buss
Walnut Creek, CA
sbuss@xxxxxxxxxxx
"There's nothing more practical than good theory."
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Paulson <kpaulson@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Omega List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 11:00 AM
Subject: BMI Outage again - BMI response
>I got the following explanation from BMI:
>
>Thanks for the email. We did have a problem with one of the lines from
>CSPAN that data is carried. With the help of the people at CSPAN, we
>discovered the problem and got it fixed. I know the outage was about 20
>minutes on this particular channel even though the picture is fine.
>Apparently the problem was at CSPAN's end and upon discovery, the problem
>was fixed. Usually this channel has been working fine and I'm surprised
>that it went down on this channel, but the malfunction was corrected. I do
>apologize for the inconvenience and we will try to continue to improve our
>service.
>Thanks for using BMI.
>
>Allan Petersen
>BMI Technical Support
>TSBMI@xxxxxxx
>
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