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Non-Tech : Datek Brokerage $9.95 a trade -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Larry Voyles who wrote (5633)	10/28/1997 11:58:00 AM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Respond to of 16892

Larry - I've been with Datek for almost a year, and it has deteriorated a lot. If it hadn't been so fast in the past, I wouldn't think it was so slow now. No new services necessary - I just want it to return to the speed and reliability it once had.

To: Larry Voyles who wrote (5633)	10/28/1997 1:59:00 PM
From: Larry Voyles	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

This may be of interest to those of us that were "locked out" this morning: techstocks.com

To: Larry Voyles who wrote (5633)	10/28/1997 2:09:00 PM
From: Crabbe	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 16892

According to CNBC the best full service brokers have been swamped all day and the customers get nothing but busy signals, as well as all on line brokers. Many (in paticular Chas Schwab) have suggested that their customers come in to the brokerage to trade. So what is the big deal with Datek being slow, at least your trades and quotes come through, I have had slow quotes, but when I needed speed when the market turned around, and I needed to cancel a trade, I got it done, on Ameritrade, I also got it done but I didn't get a confirm on the cancel for over an hour. Plus it was very hard after the open to even log onto Ameritrade. I had little problems with Datek, Sure I had to change servers a couple of times, but you don't even have that option elsewhere. Datek is not your mommy and Datek is not going to wipe your noses for you. The just provide one of the (if not the) fastest way to trade on the internet. If you are losing money it is your fault, not Datek's and it darn sure ain't mine. Rod Dream a little

To: Larry Voyles who wrote (5633)	10/30/1997 9:02:00 AM
From: Peter Stern	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 16892

Yet Another new server is available at Datek Online. ordersz.datek.com is now available. Dont forget about ordersx and ordersy. >It's just like the after-Thanksgiving sale at Wal-Mart. EVERYBODY is >trying to crowd into the store at once, and there just aren't enough >cashiers. Wal-Mart isn't going to add another 50 registers that will >remain unused 350 days out of the year just so they can handle a few >"rush" days. Sorry Larry, you are incorrect.