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Actually, polls show internet usage dropping rather dramatically.....see
"The Industry Standard" mag for a weekly update.
With the advent of OC3 technology and high-end Cisco and Juniper Network
monster backbone routers, the pipeline of the internet is huge.
Problem is: service providers (like quote.com) are not spending enough on
their own infrastructure to support their huge client base. It's the old
health-club oversubscription syndrome. A new health club starts up and all
new customers are happy for about a year until the place is mobbed and
starts to become dirty and the equipment is breaking down all the time, etc,
etc.
Been there, seen that.
Just move the scenario to the world of high-tech, that's all.
quote.com = cheap-quote.com
they should change their name....to be honest.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Chan [mailto:stnahc@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 9:08 AM
> To: Michael Berger; OmegaList
> Subject: Re: QUOTE.com service
>
>
>
> Quite some time ago (6 - 8 months) I mentioned in
> a post that internet streaming data feed will never
> be enough not because the data vendor are under power,
> but because internet is a "public" bandwidth.
>
> "Public" implies free - you with high speed DSL
> will share the max bandwidth of your local hub/router
> of your ISP will zillions of 56K free of charge users.
>
> "Public" implies abuse - you are using time critical
> data on a bandwidth that allows everybody to flood
> anything into it. Everytime the whole "whatever"
> upgrade their own network 10 times in speed,
> immediately someone will find a way to fully utilize
> it. Real time market data is one type. Online movie
> and online music are examples of other types.
> Bandwidth will never ever be enough.
>
> Data vendors will never find a stable way to utilize
> the internet, because there is no real standard.
> Data vendors on internet has no control over the
> very thing that they deliver time critical data to
> you.
>
> In our area, we have local newsgroups and I checked
> the complain cycle when people find the internet
> is not useable. The answer is so simple. Whenever
> the stock market is busy :) every morning at mkt open,
>
> every busy/crazy closing and worst yet, when the
> mkt really tanking fast.
>
> You may consider switching to a non-streaming vendor
> who keep your trading setup at their server. BUT,
> one, you are giving away your trading secrets; and
> two, when the mkt is really busy - your local ISP
> will breakdown anyway, so it does not matter :)
>
> Maybe you can try switching to use the DTN as
> primary feed or whatever fast satellite feed
> and quote.com as backup ...
>
> I have quote.com too, and definitely it's a
> secondary thing - use it only when I am not in
> my office.
>
>
> --- Michael Berger <mberger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I use QCHARTS 4.0 via DSL line. Over the past week
> > or so I've had regular
> > slowdowns & periods when quotes stop for a couple of
> > minutes. (I have DTN
> > via satellite for duplicate.)
> >
> > Several times when this occurs I've returned to
> > QCHARTS ver 2.3, & receive
> > quotes again.
> >
> > I've tried switching servers while using ver 4.0,
> > but without much success.
> >
> > Are others experiencing problems with Quote.com?
> >
>
>
> =====
> Lawrence Chan http://www.tickquest.com
> Innovative Analytical Software for Trading Professionals
>
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