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Jay,
169MB over 4 hours computes to an average of over 12k bytes/second and I
have never seen any averages on eSignal in excess of 5k bytes per second so
from that standpoint I think you have a lot of margin.
~Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "James F. Anderson III" <jayanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:37 PM
Subject: DTN to E-Signal?
> I've got a question about changing my data provider from DTN to E-Signal.
I
> have been with DTN for 3+ years, but am considering the move to E-Signal
> because of the expanded product offering. DTN does not provide certain
> foreign futures exchanges, no FX data, and I would like access to that
> information. E-Signal would be used to feed Tradestation 2000i, and I
have
> no desire to move to a more recent version of Tradestation.
>
> My question is this: I live in a rural area, and my only broadband
provider
> is Direcway satellite internet. The service is fast and mostly stable,
but
> the satellite provider does have in place a Fair Access Policy(FAP), that
> limits the amount of data that can be downloaded to 169 MB over a 1-4 hour
> period. If you trigger the FAP, speeds are cut dramatically until the FAP
> is lifted after approximately 12 hours. If I moved to E-Signal, would I
be
> likely to trigger the FAP? I have no idea what the size of the data is
that
> would be transferred, so I thought I would ask and see if anyone has the
> answer. Also, this internet connection is shared, and I am interested to
> know how adversely affected would be the speeds of the client computers
who
> are sharing the connection.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,
>
> Jay Anderson
>
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