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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Francis Muir who wrote (33864)	10/28/1997 8:39:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 58324

Francis, I believe YOU. GM <eom>

To: Francis Muir who wrote (33864)	10/28/1997 9:40:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

FIDO, I know you are correct. I used Etrade until I could take it no more. Same experience as you, any heavy trading would cause them to freeze up, both internet and phone methods, and when you call or write to complain, all you get is denial. In Jan, I switched to Datek, which is bad enough, but it pales beside Etrade in incompetance and mendacity. Some things never change.

To: Francis Muir who wrote (33864)	10/29/1997 1:24:00 AM
From: Philip Eskelin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

I agree that Christos Costakos was lying. Both Monday and Tuesday I had a very difficult time getting through. When I did, I had no clue as to whether the data I was being served was actually real. At one point I checked six option quotes and each of them showed different IOM stock prices. I'm sure www.microsoft.com and www.yahoo.com get lots of traffic too. I'm sure on the day of the crash and afterward quote.yahoo.com got lots of traffic. I'm sure lots of data was coming down their pipes. But they still worked. I hate it when my own stock broker denies my existence. It happened to me too -- I got the invalid user error too. I called them and was told by the system I'd be on hold for 20 minutes. I waited 30 and hung up. Now I know that you cannot count on E*Trade or other discount, web-based brokers in intense trading situations. I feel for you, Francis. Philip