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Non-Tech : Quote.com QCharts

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To: qcom_datadept who wrote (5836)1/31/2000 11:56:00 PM
From: jebj  Read Replies (1) of 17977
 
>>If this is correct, could I ask WHY you would want to do this rather than have a "mirror" of the NASD tape?

>Bandwidth... To conserve bandwidth a data provider must eliminate and compress any data possible, but still provide as much data as necessary for the end-user. Qcom_datadept

I'm sorry, but that is the craziest thing I have ever heard said!

Are you saying it TAKES LESS bandwidth to send 11:52, the time YOU received it rather than, say, 11:49 - the ACTUAL time of a trade from the NASD tape?

Surely you jest.

jb
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