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Quote.com is also sucking today. My quotes are dissapearing for mins at
times. And then somtimes my chart data dissapears altogether.
Troy
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Becker <jaymbt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 12:23 PM
Subject: [RT] Re: BMI Satelitte Delays Continuing
> By BMI sat is now behind between :50 and 1:15 in the S&P Futures. Pretty
> bad.
>
> JB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ROBERT ROESKE <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 10:29 AM
> Subject: [RT] Re: BMI Satelitte Delays Continuing
>
>
> > Absolutely there is no question about the deterioration of the BMI
> service.
> > The hassels and complaints I've made have resulted in a similar vague
> > internal bmi responce about a "solution" coming for the BMI sat feed.
> Here
> > are the numbers. As it stands now you could get a BMI delayed and a
> > Realtime DTN for the cost of the BMI realtime at a fraction of the speed
> of
> > dtn. That shows you how poor the bmi price/performance/support is. BMI
> > management just hasn't put the resources into remaining competitive. It
> is
> > a sad situation because many serious traders are maintaining both a
> > satellite and an internet feed. DBC put their focus on the internet
> > solution for the masses and profit motives. Fine, but there is still a
> need
> > for satellite. After a decade with dbc signal and bmi I am planning to
> jump
> > ship by buying one of those PacificCommware dual high speed pci boards
for
> > DTN.
> >
> > BobRoeske
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <ALVIS2JS@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 9:06 AM
> > Subject: [RT] Re: BMI Satelitte Delays Continuing
> >
> >
> > > RTers,
> > >
> > > In the first hour this morning, BMI satellite feed was consistently
> > running
> > > 15 to 25 seconds behind the DOW quote screen bug on CNBC ( I run
> TS4B27 -
> > CME
> > > and CBOT only - 170 symbols). This problem, which I first noticed
last
> > week,
> > > is, according to a particularly candid BMI tech support person, the
> result
> > of
> > > a serious shortage of bandwidth capacity due to the failure of DBC
> > management
> > > to commit the necessary resources and their indecision about whether
to
> > > continue to offer the satellite service at all. Within the next week
or
> > two,
> > > BMI hopes to improve the situation by reallocating delayed quote
> bandwidth
> > to
> > > the real time feed and dropping the delayed feed altogether within two
> > > months. However, the person I spoke with was skeptical that such a
> change
> > > would be much of an improvement. BMI eliminated delayed stocks from
my
> > > profile and offered $50 credit on this months bill.
> > >
> > > I have been a BMI customer for more than 10 years and despite
occasional
> > > problems, the satellite feed has been remarkably reliable - more
> reliable
> > to
> > > date than Internet, even with dedicated lines. If DBC will not now
> commit
> > to
> > > maintaining a first rate satellite service, may be time to move to
move
> to
> > > Futuresource, DTN or other provider.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jim Alvis
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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