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Re: DTN Question



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I also agree with this statement but with amplification. I've been using DTN for
the past year with Market Data Server- not only is it cheaper and faster, but you
get all the bid/ask changes on every symbol including every option, which BMI is
no longer providing.

Ted

Val Clancy wrote:

> I disagree with the statement below.
> I used to work for DTN:
> DTN feed is fast, cheap, support is good,
> they are restructuring and growing fast.
> If TS4.0 supported DTN I'd switch in no time.
> DTN data is same as BMI and the rest of the
> crowd but costs 1/2 price for stocks, commodities
> and options included.
> Val.
> No affiliation.
>
> Clint Chastain wrote:
>
> > In the not too distant past DTN suffered under the reputation of having
> > obsolete/incompatible equipment, slow/unreliable data feed, and
> > disinterested/incompetent tech support. Perhaps things have changed, if they
> > ever were really that bad; one can only hope so. Anyway, at the time, it was
> > enough to scare me off.
> >
> > Try a web search under DTN and you should be able to find several "reviews"
> > of the various data vendors.
> >
> > Clint
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hinton Clabaugh <clabaugh@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 2:55 PM
> > Subject: DTN Question
> >
> > >Other than TS 4.0  incompatibility,  does anyone know of any negatives for
> > >DTN RealTime? Since it's faster and cheaper,  I'm considering an early
> > >switch from BMI  in anticipation of TS 5.0.
> > >
> > >Thanks for any thoughts on this.
> > >