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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (63448)	3/30/2000 1:02:00 PM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

FGH !$!$!$ - Sarge, ya ready to light this candle ? :) Buckle up boys - it's twue, it's twue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (63448)	3/30/2000 1:58:00 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Broker Reviews so far: If you didn't assign a rating, I took my best guess from your comments. If I made errors interpretting your comments, please let me know. # = Number of folks submitting a review rate = average rating (10 = best) market = Price for market order limit = Price for limit order comments = submitted by reviewers Broker Name # rate market Limit Comments ================= == ==== ====== ====== ========================== Accutrade 1 7 reasonable service, fairly fast executions Ameritrade 2 8 8 13 fairly reliable, good executions Brown & Co 2 9 5 10 Good service, always up, make good on their trading errors not made by you Datek 3 8 10 10 Good as a trading account, no options, free RT streaming, No Stop orders for NYSE DLJ 2 6 20 20 Performance degraded lately, slow, "sucks", getting worse Dreyfus 1 5 15 used for options only, poor layout of screens ETrade 1 7 access to canadian markets, IPO availability, fast executions Fidelity 2 8 15 20 Good service, reliable, good for options, Powerstation tool has great potential once bugs worked out Eschwab 1 7 30 Occasionally fails, but backup system Schwab Platinum 1 8 15 15 for <= 1000 shares. Different rules if > 1000? Suretrade 1 7 8 10 only 1 order per stock, marginable > $2, low margin interest Waterhouse 1 3 12 12 slow and long phone delays, good research Web Street 1 3 10 15 Web site often displays wrong data, customer service polite but often gives wrong answers