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> We are long time BMI sat users for very short term intraday trading and will
> need some convincing that the internet is up to the challenge. BMI says
> eSignal is faster than sat.
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You've GOT to be kidding. I ran some tests with some other BMI users
about 9 months ago and it was HORRENDOUS. The quotes were
CONSISTENTLY 5-30 seconds behind! How can you trade very short term
intraday (I'm thinking seconds to minutes) with that?
I found PCQuote to be generally right on when compared with a leased-line
feed, however, you could notice some internet "burps" from time-to-time.
However, I'd rather have an occassional 2-5 second delay and an infrequent
10-20 second delay as opposed to the consistent delays from BMI.
I suggest you put them side-by-side and see for yourself. Remember, what
anyone says here will be based on 1. Their ISP, 2. Their equipment, 3. Their
location in the world in relation to the closest server farm. As serious
intraday trades, these are tests you must run yourselves.
>From a technical standpoint, your satellite signal travels about 53,000 miles
further than your internet signal. Do the math... 53,000 miles divided by
186,000 miles/sec =~ .29 seconds longer. Talking with IBM reps some
while back, they told me that a satellite transmission would take longer than
an internet transmission that didn't encounter congestion. So, make your
ISP the same as your quote vendor's to reduce the number of hops even
more.
> May be, but as professional traders, we would appreciate your users
> comments.
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> Please included comments about any other internet based data sources
> compatible with TS 2000i also.
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> Thanks !
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> Peyton Morgan
> Editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.TradersDigest.com
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