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I got the same phone call, Wong. I gave him the exact same reply you did.
He didn't tell me that cable would be phased out, but hopefully I'll be
using a different feed and software by that time. I've had DSL for 2 weeks
and while I'm deliriously happy with it, it has gone out twice for about 2
hours so far as well as 2 or 3 times when it just decided to reset my
connection to the internet. Thank god I wasn't trading off of it.
DBC/Omega, if you're reading this, if you want me to switch to a data feed
that you make more money off of, give me software that doesn't crash and the
ability to fill gaps in my data caused by the inevitable internet outages
that will occur.
Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: wong <whs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: DBC Microsoft Mentality
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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