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To: OX who wrote (41447)	11/22/2000 9:06:05 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44573

IB is a sub of TimberHill, I did not get that impression, is that in the docs that you read? I think they say on the header that they are a member of Timber Hill Group, which I took to mean that they were an IB to Timber Hill. Perhaps I am interpreting it incorrectly.

To: OX who wrote (41447)	11/22/2000 9:25:16 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44573

Well, whatever they are, it appears their policy is to wait 10 days no matter what. Scanning quickly, there are some interesting remarks here, including in the Restrictions/Warnings section the observation about the ten days. astro.utoronto.ca Unless they have had some improvements since this was created I think I may stay away from their options feature. Recent comments from the bottom of the URL, (9/8)" "Excellent so far. . .very simple and easy to use. . .Only catch, it does take a while for their banking dept. to process deposits.(9/9)" "I have been very happy with their service and especially the very very low commission. Actually, I find their user interface superior to the web-site based system.(9/13/00)" "I'm selling 300 Dell and I don't know if I sold it or not, and the brokers don't know because their system has been down now for about an hour, and I'm stuck here in limbo.(9/27)" "I didn't at first trust Interactive Brokers, but they are now my favorite [compared to Datek, Brown, and others.](9/27)" "No list of short stocks and a poor inventory at best. The only way you can tell if there is stock available to short is to put in a bogus order to sell. IB suggests this!(10/10)"