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AT&T.Yahoo DSL is my primary feed now-
I had used Comcast & Timewarner Roadrunner for- the past umpteen
years-thinking that I HAD to have the 'fastest speed' Cable has been fraught
with problems/ periods of instability- competition for bandwidth, outages,
you name it.
I finally said enough is enough- and opted for the DSL- 15 bucks a month
compared to 45 bucks.
I pitched the cable completely about six months ago.
I have NEVER had any problems since then.
But I did get the roadrunner back a few months ago,(price dropped to
25/month) just to use in case of emergency- insurance purposes only- it is
my second feed on my dual wan router- so if DSL were to every go out, I
might have a backup..
Go with DSL.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hinton Clabaugh" <hgciii@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "omega list" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx Com"
<realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 9:38 AM
Subject: DSL vs Cable for Trading
> I've used DSL for years at 1 Mbps up and down, and have been happy
> with it using Interactive Brokers and TradeStation 2000i. Due to
> service provider changes it seems it may be better now to switch to
> cable at 5 Mbps down 256 K up, or, cable 10 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up
> for an additional fee.
>
> Any thoughts on advantages and disadvantages for cable or DSL for
> online trading?
>
> Even with the lower download speed, I've liked DSL because the line is
> dedicated and not shared. Does upload speed matter for trading?
>
> Thanks for any opinions.
>
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