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19k is all their satellite is good for. I'm way out in the country
and my home phone line runs 20k and Esignal will nearly fry that line.
Best regards,
Jimmy Snowden
mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx
Thursday, January 22, 2004, 3:00:37 PM, you wrote:
p> Bob
p> One of the few times I ever had to call tech support at BMI, I talked to a
p> fellow that had been there for years. He told me that no matter what you set
p> it to in TS, BMI, on satellite anyway, sends the data at 19k. I tried it. I
p> couldn't tell any difference in data received at 19k or 38k. So I figured he
p> must have been right.
p> GM
p> Hmmm, say what??? "still sending data at 19k". Gee, I thought I was bad
p> off running at 38K.. and that is slow compared to 56K but I still remember
p> when I was *happy* with 300 baud and being able to watch the screen fill
p> with characters....
p> ~Bob
>> Bob
>>
>> I got the same letter, discontinuing the BMI data feed on April 30.
>> Supposedly, because of how great E-Signal is, "the number of BMI
p> subscribers
>> has decreased dramatically".
>>
>> More likely, the reason BMI subscribers "decreased dramatically," is
p> because
>> E-Signal let the feed run down. It is still sending data at 19k, same as
p> it
>> was 15 years ago. And I would imagine a large percent of those who left
p> BMI
>> went somewhere besides E-Signal.
>>
>> I also still used TS4. The only thing I like about TS2k is the power
p> editor.
>> I don't know how well using TS4 with DTN works, or even if it is still
>> possible.
>>
>> GH Meyer
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>>
>> Robert Scott wrote
>>
>> I have seen no mention of it on the list but the other day I received
>> notification that as of April 30th the BMI satellite feed will no longer
p> be
>> transmitted to me. I can't believe that I'm the only one still receiving
>> the BMI satellite feed so maybe only the equities portion of the feed is
>> being discontinued. It's hard for me to believe that no one else on the
>> list has gotten this message. I liked the feed because even though the
>> data
>> is filtered and suffers some lag you can still get a "warm fuzzy" because
>> you are not symbol limited as you are with internet based feeds.
>>
>> ~Bob
>>
>>
>>
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