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RAY RAFFURTY wrote:
> 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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