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Velocity is the new box. The problem dtn had this morning was with their
uplink, weather related. Checking w.weather.com shows storms there and
again next week. Having the new receiver and larger dish doesn't help if it
is an uplink problem, obviously, does help on the downlink for sure.
bobr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimmy Snowden" <jhsnowden@xxxxxxx>
To: <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "John Blucar" <blucar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: Worthless DTN data feed
> John,
>
> When you say velocity boxes I guess that is the old one on the smaller
> dish. The 8080 box on the 1 meter dish satellite GE1 seems to work
> 24/7 for me but then Texas never has bad weather. However when it
> does I rarely have a drop out and if it does it is for a minute or two
> not really much loss. In fact it takes a serious storm in just the
> right direction to stop the signal. Serious in these parts is just
> less than a twister. I would check with them to see if a change to
> the 8080 would help you.
>
> As to historical data I really wish that was available. Like most
> sooner or later I screw something up and crash the GS or computer or
> just do something so stupid I wont mention it on the list.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Jimmy Snowden
> mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx
>
>
> Friday, August 8, 2003, 9:46:05 AM, you wrote:
>
> JB> DTN users realize this is the 2nd time in 10 days or less that DTN
systems have failed to deliver data.
>
> JB> Same problem as last time --- DTN's ONLY uplink for velocity boxes is
in North Carolina --- storm weather.
>
> JB> You would think by now these idiots would like "GET THE MESSAGE" they
should have redundant uplinks in say a desert area where storms rarely
occur ---- if they gave a damn at all about keeping
> JB> customers.
>
> JB> In the very least I argued with their tech support that they have the
data SOMEWHERE in their system --- whether or not it's on Ed Lenz's TS5 box
sitting right next to him at DTN tech support ---
> JB> and in the VERY least if they give a shit at all about their
Tradestation customers they should spend like 10 minutes exporting 5 or 10
symbols of tick data for each of futures and indices for
> JB> the day in question to a DTN website for Tradestation users to
download at night ---
>
>
> JB> but NO, they techs want to argue that Tradestation should have made
their software (or offered patches) so that it will auto update from a
server --- it ain't their problem . . . even if they
> JB> admit DTN datafeed is DOWN
>
> JB> Nothing is going to change unless ALL DTN TS users call and complain
in unison --- TODAY.
>
>
> JB> Assholes.
>
>
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