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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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