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I remember when I had to change from the old 38K satellite to the new
higher speed one. Now they are upping the throughput again. Makes
BMI sound kind of silly at 19 or 38 or whatever it is. I quit BMI at
least 7 years ago. DTN is where you go if you need lots of symbols.
Just don't try it without a HS port or the Ethernet thing. It'll bury
your machine with a fast connection and tons of symbols.
Best regards,
Jimmy Snowden
mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx
Thursday, January 22, 2004, 4:06:14 PM, you wrote:
JFdc> DTN Real-time is currently broadcasting 2 channels via satellite. Channel
JFdc> A is 38K, and Velocity Channel E is just over 700K. These combined
JFdc> channels are used to provide our feed. In the next few weeks, we will be
JFdc> increasing channel E to 900K to keep up with increased market volume. As
JFdc> you can see, we continue to invest in our satellite technology to provide
JFdc> a constant stream. We have recently reduced our Init fee on the service
JFdc> to $200 (from $395). The equities feed is $129/month and you can add
JFdc> futures and/or options. 2000i currently works directly with the feed
JFdc> (although they are no longer "officially supporting" it), and Dynastore
JFdc> has built a server to utilize our Ethernet output. I will be getting in
JFdc> touch with DB to see if he plants to continue to support the satellite (I
JFdc> am not sure if he ever brought it out of beta when initially developed
JFdc> it).
JFdc> Jay
JFdc> Jimmy Snowden <jhsnowden@xxxxxxx>
JFdc> 01/22/2004 03:30 PM
JFdc> Please respond to
JFdc> Jimmy Snowden <jhsnowden@xxxxxxx>
JFdc> To
JFdc> "Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx" <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>, popeye
JFdc> <popeye@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
JFdc> cc
JFdc> Subject
JFdc> Re[2]: BMI datafeed
JFdc> 19k is all their satellite is good for. I'm way out in the country
JFdc> and my home phone line runs 20k and Esignal will nearly fry that line.
JFdc> Best regards,
JFdc> Jimmy Snowden
JFdc> mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx
JFdc> 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
JFdc> to a
p>> fellow that had been there for years. He told me that no matter what
JFdc> you set
p>> it to in TS, BMI, on satellite anyway, sends the data at 19k. I tried
JFdc> it. I
p>> couldn't tell any difference in data received at 19k or 38k. So I
JFdc> figured he
p>> must have been right.
p>> GM
p>> Hmmm, say what??? "still sending data at 19k". Gee, I thought I was
JFdc> bad
p>> off running at 38K.. and that is slow compared to 56K but I still
JFdc> remember
p>> when I was *happy* with 300 baud and being able to watch the screen
JFdc> 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
JFdc> 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
JFdc> longer
p>> be
>>> transmitted to me. I can't believe that I'm the only one still
JFdc> receiving
>>> the BMI satellite feed so maybe only the equities portion of the feed
JFdc> is
>>> being discontinued. It's hard for me to believe that no one else on
JFdc> the
>>> list has gotten this message. I liked the feed because even though
JFdc> the
>>> data
>>> is filtered and suffers some lag you can still get a "warm fuzzy"
JFdc> because
>>> you are not symbol limited as you are with internet based feeds.
>>>
>>> ~Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
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