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To: Bert who wrote (5222)	11/5/1998 9:55:00 AM
From: Tim Luke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7247

seek should be a good play today

To: Bert who wrote (5222)	11/5/1998 9:58:00 AM
From: Swami	Respond to of 7247

I use ETrade. Am satisfied with execution. Get real time quotes . Don't like their new site so much. Thought they overhyped their participation in EBay IPO. Will stick with 'em for now.

To: Bert who wrote (5222)	11/5/1998 9:59:00 AM
From: DayTraderKidd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7247

Someone in here was talking about registering to use Brown & Company. This is the 3rd day n a row that there entire system has gone down 5 minutes after the opening bell. I have been waiting for 10 minutes on the phone to get through to them. You might want to consider using another broker. I am going to be pulling my account

To: Bert who wrote (5222)	11/5/1998 10:51:00 AM
From: Yo Yo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7247

ETrade -- I've used them for two years... They have two sites... The old "classic" site and the new site. Classic site is quite fast. Was extremely reliable during August and October market panics. Site is relatively "bare bones", but works well for me. It does have "stock watch" lists with price and news alerts which I like. Trade Executions, real time quotes, excellent 1 minute intraday and other charts, and news links are all fast. Confirmations can be slow during heavy market activity (at market open, market close, and very heavy trading days). I was always able to get through to broker via phone to get confirmations when needed. Not much available in the way for technical analysis tools. Every now and then news and charts will crap out during the day. New site is slow, even in "text mode" but speed is supposed to improve in future. I find the pages cluttered, geared more toward attracting "soccer mom" investers. Much more technical analysis info available is a plus but doesn't make up for slow speed and clutter. New charts suck from my point of view. I go elsewhere for technical analysis info. I STILL USE THE "CLASSIC" SITE EXCLUSIVELY. Overall, I've found ETrade's customer service to have improved considerably over the last year. I get the impression that since the old site is dead, it is a low priority when if it has problems and when people quit complaining about new site, old site will be gone, but no definite funeral date yet. I've considered going elsewhere just to get Nasdaq Level II access, news feeds, and other trading tools free as a frequent trader on some place like AB Watley or MB Trading. But I haven't moved yet. Just one man's opinion, Yo Yo