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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (209)	6/7/1999 9:32:00 PM
From: ztect	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18137

Ry..... How can one user use up that much bandwidth all by himself? Unless his computer is being monitored or something?????? Not to sound paranoid but what was the internet designed for in the first place and when? Anyone care to offer an answer???? Hint.....B_B...ain't your younger sister... Or at least this is just my "naive" opinion.. Sincerely, z btw... bonus points for the first person who can post a picture of Hoover in a dress.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (209)	6/7/1999 10:32:00 PM
From: Wes Stevens	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18137

You are right on the t1. A typo on my part. 500 per head end - not I hope on the same channel?? I guess the point is that your mileage may vary with a cable modem. Of course a t1, adsl, or hdsl will all get muxed with other peoples data at one point. But you will probably have a better chance of getting the bandwidth that you are paying for with one of them then cable.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (209)	6/7/1999 11:43:00 PM
From: Tai Jin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18137

For those who can get access to it, an HDSL line would be far superior to ADSL for fast trading applications in frenzied markets because with HDSL you have symmetrical signalling, i.e. your trade request get just as much bandwidth as the incoming signal. That is true, but uplink bandwidth is at least 128k which is more than you can possibly use for sending requests. The real issue is network latency which can be quite variable once your packets leave your ISP's network. ...tai