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All right already. How about giving their web site or phone number so we
can play to.
Good luck and good trading,
Ray Raffurty
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Josslin <oldfogey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: Listen Only Squawkbox
>Dear Bob,
>
>Bob Hunt wrote:
>
>> Are there any users of the Listen Only Squawkbox out there?
>
>I've used it since May, and in July, I spent a day on the floor with Jeff
>Jacobsen, who owns and runs it.
>
>>
>>
>> If so, I would appreciate any feedback that you might be able to give
>> me on a couple of issues;
>>
>> Have you found it to actually help your trading? If so, in what
>> manner?
>
>Yes, primarily in learning the quality of the trading: who is trading
>what size. Also, in learning when the data from my data provider (BMI
>satellite) is lagging the market, which I've seen happen every now and
>then, sometimes by over a minute (and there is no way to detect that
>simply by watching the screen).
>
>>
>>
>> How do you receive it, via satellite or internet?
>
>Internet, at $100/month for 3-month intervals. I understand that after
>the satellite quit several months ago, LOS has discontinued their use of
>satellite feed, so now it is only available by internet ($100/month) or
>telephone ($300/month).
>
>>
>>
>> How much downtime have you experienced with the system?
>
>Insignificant.
>
>>
>>
>> What kind of technical difficulties have you experienced? (I've
>> noticed during my trial that an echo problem seems to occur now and
>> then. Does this kind of thing happen frequently?)
>
>I too have experienced that and am switching to another ISP to see if I
>can eliminate or lessen it.
>
>>
>>
>> Please feel free to make any other comments.
>
>I've been watching the S&P market tick by tick since '85 and Jeff
>Jacobsen, in my opinion, is one of the saviest guys on the market that
>I've met. After trading with LOS, I wouldn't want to trade without it -
>it brings a whole new dimension to trading that is just not there with
>only a screen.
>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Bob Hunt
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Richard Josslin
>
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