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My cable company (Garden State, now Comcast stripped data signals in March,
1999. They said data providers did not pay for the use of cable
signals/wires and seemed to have no plans to change back.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Kaplun" <ikaplun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OMEGA-LIST" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:09 AM
Subject: DATA DISASTER
> Hi Everyone
>
> CableVision of New York that covers
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> 1. Bronx, NY,
> 2. Brooklyn, NY
> 3. Staten Island, NY and
> 4. Queens, NY (partially)
>
> was transmitting BMI data for TradeStation trough Turner Broadcasting
> TV station. Since October 1st, 2000, Turner Broadcasting Co
> officially stopped to transmit data over TV cable. Other stations
> like AMC, C-Span and CNBC that are transmitting the data trough TV
> cable do not get trough CableVision because it scrambles the signal.
>
> This morning I spoke with head engineer of CableVision of New York and
> he says that he will try to discuss "cable data issue" with its upper
> management.
>
> So far all traders that are using cable data feed for TS_4.0 have been
> cut off.
>
> Val
>
>
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