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Technology Stocks : Cymer (CYMI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Terry W Weaver who wrote (6951)	10/28/1997 1:01:00 PM
From: Paul Dieterich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25960

Terry (Off Topic), I think you guys need to cut them a little slack...NO SYSTEM can handle the diluge of the past couple of days, put yourself on the other end of the system and see what you would do.......... I respectfully disagree. I could understand if they cannot get confirmations on orders---that sounds like a NASDAQ problem. But my not being able to log on at all, to get wire copy or even a simple quote, simply means that ETrade has not invested enough in their server infrastructure. NOW* we find out that they cannot handle a fast and heavy market. I could see problems if they had human beings swamped by incoming telephone calls, but they are supposed to be automated. Best regards, PD PS I still cannot log on.

To: Terry W Weaver who wrote (6951)	10/28/1997 1:07:00 PM
From: Rookie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

I have an ETrade account and a Datek account. I have no money in the Datek account, but I use it for free real-time quotes. I have had no problems today with the Datek account, but the ETrade server has been unavailable all day. Interesting idea to short EGRP. The last time I looked, it had a really high PE. I would think they are going to get a lot of negative press in the next few days. When the market settles, I will probably transfer my E*Trade funds to Datek.