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Someone recently asked why BMI couldn't start transmitting at a faster rate
since they dropped their delayed feed. The answer may lie in their plans
for how they will handle the additional required bandwidth nec. to
accommodate the new NASDAQ decimal format changes in July. At least the
NASDAQ is planning to adopt an all decimal format for price quotes which
apparently will require significant additional broadcasting bandwidth to
transmit the same amount of information you're currently getting. BMI may
simply be making room for this additional required overhead. When BMI reps
say things like "it's only going to get worse before it gets better" they
may be eluding to these changes which will impact data quality.
Also, the Bridge data service which not only feeds BMI sat and cable, but
several internet vendors, is struggling to keep up with bandwidth
requirements now. This may at least partially explain why BMI service is
continuing to erode even for sat users. The NASDAQ changes will make an
already pressing situation even worse and from what I'm told Bridge has not
been proactive in modifying their system to accommodate the new changes.
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