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To: William W. Dwyer, Jr. who wrote (473)	5/3/1998 3:30:00 AM
From: topwright	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3216

Bill, you must remember that my problems were compounded by the number of computers. A two PC system should not offer up as many problems as I had. It seems your problems are all external and pertain to communication infrastructure. Have you considered some of the satellite dish feeds? They are high speed. Hughes has one service that utilizes the small satellite dishes and is quite reasonable by comparison. It won't be a dedicated frame relay, but it will offer up some high performance and allows a bypass around a lot of internet congestion routing. Just a thought, you may want to check them out. RB

To: William W. Dwyer, Jr. who wrote (473)	5/3/1998 10:28:00 PM
From: ojai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3216

Bill- I sympathize with your dilemma. I too am more involved with computers than I like. I thought I was going to be trading stocks, instead I'm becoming more intimate with the workings of computers than I ever thought I'd be! Phone trades are sounding good to me too! I had a similar experience with WorldCom, I ordered and then cancelled a frame service when I had a change of plans. They never acknowledged my order or cancellation, and were sending me bills for service two months later! Satellite service doesn't have a very good track record so far from what I've heard, and it is only good for downlink data feed. You still need a modem (or similar) and a landline connection to send in your orders. I'm amazed at what Ken Wolff uses to trade. He seems to have a very simple setup, no L2, charts, etc. Sounds like simpler might be better after all! -ojai