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To: funk who wrote (93)	1/10/1998 12:11:00 PM
From: .c pardue	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 417

Funk,I bought the directpc dish from hughes,the 400kbps varies according to demand.It was great for downloading large files. Never could get it to work right on puter w/cyrix cpu,changed to other puter w/intel cpu and it was ok.I have 2 phone lines,2isp and 2 56k modems.I compared 56k modem to the dish and the dish was little faster when recieving data from itrader and killkey but the problems increased.After working w/hughes tech support many times came to conclusion that problem was their server changing the speed of my data according to the load on their system.Back to using 2 56k modems and the chickens have a new roost. If anyone is using the dish for daytrading,please help. cliff

To: funk who wrote (93)	1/10/1998 5:02:00 PM
From: Brendan W	Respond to of 417

Funk, I'm in a similar situation to you. I'm working on getting a level 2 internet-based data feed for realtick III but I don't have cable and I want much better throughput than 28.8. However, I want to be able to surf investment sites and send/receive email while I'm on Realtick III. I'm mentally handicapped when it comes to solving communications problems so my playing with routers and DSU/CSUs is not a good answer. I can't get excited about ISDN ... it's performance is too incremental. Assume I'm going to pay $300/mo for the data and that my transaction business is not part of the equation. What are my best/low-cost options for the communications? You mention a "duo dish" option. What is that? Does anyone know of any threads/newsgroups where this kind of thing is discussed?

To: funk who wrote (93)	1/13/1998 1:09:00 PM
From: Cader	Respond to of 417

Funk, Thanks for the info. I didn't realize you were working with Manhatten Beach Trading (MB DUH!). I actually met Steve in Las Vegas at a meeting in October he seemed like a real nice guy. Good luck with your trading. I was at CES in Vegas this past weekend and checked out the DUOPC dish that you were talking about. I talked to the sales rep about level II quotes ect and he said they were working with a company to provide it in the near future. You can take it for what its worth. The demo looked good. Later, Cader