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You have an idealistic view of the Internet that is not reality. Look at
this thread that I have taken from postings within the last 24 hours
(posters identities masked);
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Subject: someone call UUNET
Newsgroups: uswest.general
Their backbone is dead 500+ pings under alter.net
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Subject: Re: someone call UUNET
Newsgroups: uswest.general
BOB wrote:
>Their backbone is dead 500+ pings under alter.net
It happens every so often. I've noticed a few spots totally dying (timeouts
during traceroute).
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Subject: Re: someone call UUNET
Newsgroups: uswest.general
I noticed that last night, but now (3:50 AM) things are back to normal.
I have noticed similar symptoms several times recently, usually during
prime-time. Either there is a severed fiber somewhere, or they are
drastically overselling bandwidth, because that time, with so many people
in, is the worst.
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At 07:33 AM 11/11/99 , M. Simms wrote:
>IMPORTANT QUESTION: Exactly WHO is your ADSL provider ?
>
>...One of the Bell companies ....or a CLEC .... or an ISP (UUNet, MCI, etc)
>????
>
>No excuse for spotty service with this technology......this indicates
>infrastructure problems with their gear at the switching station. There is
>absolutely no reason why ADSL cannot support streaming data for realtime
>trading.
>
>BTW: what bandwidth of ADSL did you order ? (256, 512, 768, 1.2 meg, etc)
>Which ADSL adapter are you using ? (3Com, Motorola, ...)
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JFC37@xxxxxxx [mailto:JFC37@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 8:36 AM
> > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: HistoryBank & SP3, and "losing the lock" with eSignal.
> >
> >
> > I haven't received this message but have had problems pasting
> > data from 4.0
> > format into the global server. It shows it is downloaded successfully but
> > doesn't make it into the charts. I have also had times when data
> > is plotting
> > real time in my 3 minute chart but nothing is showing up in the 5
> > minute. I
> > went through this on the phone with technical support and the
> > only conclusion
> > we could come to was the workspace was corrupt. It seems some of these
> > problems ended when I deleted TS2000i in it's entirety and re-installed
> > service pack 3. My major problem with this software has been
> > losing the lock
> > with the data provider which is eSignal. I am using an ADSL line
> > with 233mhz,
> > pentium chip and 128mgs of ram. I go to data manager and it shows no data
> > being received yet it also shows the system is working normally.
> > The only way
> > to get "the lock" back is to exit all programs, turn off ADSL, shut the
> > computer down, turn ADSL back on, and reboot. By the time all is up and
> > operating the day is shot since data has been lost and the
> > indicators aren't
> > working properly. eSignal people say the problem is the ADSL
> > providers don't
> > have enough demand for the product yet so they haven't invested in the
> > infrastructure which involves big dollars. They explained that the data
> > doesn't stream through evenly and this causes the problem. To you
> > technical
> > sorts, does this make sense and is anyone else having similar problems or
> > have any solutions?
> >
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