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Hi All:
I meant to mention this little piece of news, but I kept forgetting...
2 days ago, I received a phone call from DBC. The gentleman tried to
persuade me to switch from DBC Signals (real time) to the internet service
they provided (forget the name). I said "no thank you, Signal is just fine
for me because I'm using TS4 and TS4 doesn't support internet transmission."
He said most likely the real-time Signal service for TS4 will be phased out
in about 1 or 2 years' time. He suggested I'd better upgrade to TS2000....
I guess eventually I will be forced to upgrade to TS2000 in the next 2
years. Hopefully, by that time, most of the headaches relating to TS2000
will be ironed out.
Does anyone else receive a phone message as I had?
Regards,
Wong
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At 02:08 PM 05/12/2000 -0700, [ tradergirl ] wrote:
>I received the following reply.
>
>Robert
>
>Mr. Cummings,
>Thanks for your email. Due to bandwidth constraints, broadcast systems,
>meaning both Signal and BMI broadcast system boxes do not have the
>bandwidth to keep up with the active trading that's occurring in today's
>markets. DBC makes no effort to conceal the situation.
>For this reason, DBC recommends eSignal to all existing and prospective
>customers. Internet is the only medium with a wide enough bandwidth to
>transmit the data.
>Sincerely,
>L. D. Prunty
>Technical Support Representative
>http://www.dbc.com
>
>^^ okay.
>
>What they are doing, since I am pretty damn good at computers, is telling
>you the Internet has more bandwidth than Cable. What they are doing is
>lying.
>Look at Cable modems. Look at television. Cable. The only thing faster is
>a fiberoptic backbone, like coming in from an OC3.....
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