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DTN Real-time is currently broadcasting 2 channels via satellite. Channel
A is 38K, and Velocity Channel E is just over 700K. These combined
channels are used to provide our feed. In the next few weeks, we will be
increasing channel E to 900K to keep up with increased market volume. As
you can see, we continue to invest in our satellite technology to provide
a constant stream. We have recently reduced our Init fee on the service
to $200 (from $395). The equities feed is $129/month and you can add
futures and/or options. 2000i currently works directly with the feed
(although they are no longer "officially supporting" it), and Dynastore
has built a server to utilize our Ethernet output. I will be getting in
touch with DB to see if he plants to continue to support the satellite (I
am not sure if he ever brought it out of beta when initially developed
it).
Jay
Jimmy Snowden <jhsnowden@xxxxxxx>
01/22/2004 03:30 PM
Please respond to
Jimmy Snowden <jhsnowden@xxxxxxx>
To
"Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx" <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>, popeye
<popeye@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc
Subject
Re[2]: BMI datafeed
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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