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In a message dated 5/1/00 5:52:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I have a Telocity DSL line I use as my primary internet connection and
> receive quotes from esignal. I also have an ISDN line as a backup. For the
> last two weeks my dsl line has been down. It seems Ameritech inadvertently
> used my line to provide a second phone line for a new neighbor, since it
> appeared as there was no traffic on the dsl line. No analog traffic, just
my
> data, which makes no noise when listened to by the phone installer. As of
> today there is still no ETA for its my dsl's return. The point of this is,
> the internet is not at all reliable and the number of points prone to
> failure or delay from your data's origin untill it gets to you are large
and
> highly unpredictable. The problem is, the internet is the cheapest method
of
> data delivery for the vendors to support, (like esignal really has support,
> haha, 30 minutes or more on hold for a support tech is ridiculous,) and
that
> is why you see the big push toward internet data. You will lose data using
> the internet and there is no way to predict when, how or why. My response
> has been to make my internet connection as fast and redundant as possible
> two ISP's, one dial up, one hard wire) and a separate computer to manage
> just the connections. If you are watching tick counts and are using a dial
> up line, your tick counts will be way off no matter what you do. I would
> like to know if others have gone to great lengths to guarantee an internet
> connection and what some of the other solutions have been.
Direct connection via VPN or ATM. Available for stock quotes, not sure about
feeds, but expensive, maybe 500-750 a month.
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