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Re: DownLoader historical quotes rate



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Hi Bill,
I assume that you are referring to eod updates....
Although some of us have no way to measure, your speeds sound great to me.
Just think about how many data bits are racing to fill up your huge hard
drive...  :^)
Larry


Bill Irwin wrote:

> On this run I was adding OTC (over 6,000 I think) since Jan/98 and daily
> update for TSE & CDNX (another 6 - 8,000).  I'm using my free month of
> Reuters now.  I saw the rate go over 100,000 quotes/min. before my system
> froze and I had to start over ... 8^(
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lionel Issen
> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:52 PM
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: DownLoader historical quotes rate
> >
> >
> > How many tickers and how many years?  Does the data look good?
> >
> > 90,000 quotes per minute is 1500 quotes per second. This does
> > seem a bit
> > fast.  Who is supplying data at this rate?
> >
> >
> > Lionel Issen
> > lissen@xxxxxxxxx
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Irwin" <Bill-Irwin@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Mail List - MetaStock Submit (E-mail)" <MetaStock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:26 PM
> > Subject: DownLoader historical quotes rate
> >
> >
> > > Being a new MS user, I'm wondering if 90,000 quotes/minute
> > is a reasonable
> > > rate for historical quotes at 6:00 PM PST using a cable
> > modem.  It seems
> > > fast to me, but then, I've never pulled down this many
> > quotes at once
> > > before.
> > >
> > > How does this compare to other cable users?
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> >
> >