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Ditto prices and TW company here in Memphis but cable is underground; great
til you have a shovel-happy gardner;)
Linda
-----Original Message-----
From: David Walton <stocknet@xxxxxxx>
To: 'metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 1:08 PM
Subject: RE: Reuters
>Here in Akron, Ohio we have cable modems too. The local cable company,
>Time Warner, has strung fiber optic on the poles through the neighborhoods,
>and the drop from the street pole into homes is regular coax cable just
>like what you put into your TV.
>
>Its unreal fast. 12MB downloads from MM (that's Monopolistic Microsoft)
>took 2.5 to 3 minutes. (Yeah, MINUTES). So go ahead and argue about
>shared bandwidth, argue about EXACTLY how fast its going, but get it if you
>can. It costs 40$ per month here, and everybody pretty much justifies the
>extra 20$ (normal price for modem dial up service seems to run 19.95/mo) by
>getting rid of the second phone line they had installed so you could voice
>and data at the same time.
>
>----------
>From: Sean W. Smith[SMTP:sean_smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Reply To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 4:05 PM
>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: Reuters
>
>Stan and all,
>
>They guarantee nothing. Why is everyone so concerned about shared
>bandwidth
>(Don't you realize that you share bandwidth with all the other users of
>your
>ISP when you use a modem). Data traffic is generally very bursty. Cable
>modems are the fastest way to access the internet today that an individual
>can afford. They are much faster the ADSL. If you have the ability to get
>one in your AREA then you would be foolish not to consider it. I routinely
>see speeds of almost 3 Megabits per second transferring files from work
>with
>two DS-3's to cable modem subscribers.
>
>Sean
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stan Rubenstein
>> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 3:05 PM
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Reuters
>>
>>
>> I did my standard download of 180 stock updates without a
>> hitch. My experience over the past year with the Reuters
>> non-Internet connection has been excellent but we are being
>> warned by Reuters to move over to Internet retrieval. I'm
>> reluctant to do this since my experience is untroubled.
>> FYI
>> Stan Rubenstein
>> P.S. I did my download around 1800h ET 11/11/98
>>
>> ----------
>> From: Linda Swope <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Reuters
>> Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 10:31 PM
>>
>> I've tried 3 times...error messages each time!
>> Bummer!
>> Linda
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Blue <billblue@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: MetaStock List <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 8:36 PM
>> Subject: Reuters
>>
>>
>> I have been unable to download from Reuters tonight. Has
>> anyone else
>> been having a problem.
>>
>
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