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There's also political pressure being brought to bear by the cable
companies, who don't want competition from a superior product.
In my area, the cable company had to respond to FiOS Internet service with
an increased data rate (still no match for FiOS) and a price reduction. They
then opposed the rollout of FiOS TV, which just became a reality in my
community. Citizen pressure helped to make the TV rollout a reality.
Competition is good for consumers.
Allan
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From: Mark Simms [mailto:marksimms@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:55 PM
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: DSL vs Cable for Trading-Verizon FiOS
Re: The coverage area is being expanded as quickly as they can lay fiber.
It's a totally bullshit political thing in our state
(Pennsylvania)....largest metro area as well...
promised for roll-out in June 2006,
Postponed till Jan 2008 due to "political" issues related to who gets it
first, etc.
And which politicians get the credit for the roll-out, etc.
So, no, the above is not true.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Kaminsky [mailto:allan@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 11:22 AM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: DSL vs Cable for Trading
>
> Anyone in the coverage area for Verizon FiOS (FTTP – Fiber to
> the premises) should get it and never look back.
>
> I have the 15 Down / 2 Up package at 44.95/mo (installation
> is free, including the battery backup). In the year and a
> half I’ve had it, it’s never gone out and NEVER dropped below 15 Mbps.
>
> Google it. No unhappy customers (except for those who can’t
> get the service yet). The coverage area is being expanded as
> quickly as they can lay fiber.
>
> Allan
>
> ________________________________________
> From: marcmiller.themap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:marcmiller.themap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:29 AM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: DSL vs Cable for Trading
>
>
> 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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