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To: Wizzer who wrote (1759)	12/9/1998 7:09:00 AM
From: keith massey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4467

Wizzer... Sorry to burst you bubble but I have used Webbroker through both a cable and a T1 connection and it is still slow. Although a faster modem may speed up your transaction a little, most of the waiting time is the result of their servers. After two weeks of waiting I finally got my E-trade account password today. I'm crossing my fingers that transaction times come down a little. Even if the times don't come down, E-trade still have a superior price structure compared to Webbroker. For anyone interested in opening a E-trade account it is very easy. Go to their website..Fill out one form...Mail it in...Password in a couple of weeks. You can put money into the account by doing a bill payment in Webbanker (TD-Bank) or by spending them a check. However I wouldn't suggest transfering securities between brokers unless you want to fill out extra paper work and wait several weeks to months. Best Regards KEITH

To: Wizzer who wrote (1759)	12/9/1998 9:28:00 AM
From: trilobyte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4467

Hi Wizzer for the same reason you are looking for a cable i've purchased ADSL and it is really great --- if you are surfing the net or down/uploade something but once you connect to on-line broker you are i deep shit -- 1) they don't have enough of people to work your order (as you know canadian law requires that a resposible "live" trader check all placed trades first and then if it is ok move the order to the floor 2)no matter how fast your end is it looks like at they end they are still using 2600 modems and with all that promotional sh*t and logos you will find yourself to look at an empty screen for an eternity before something shows-up -- they are not only encrypting data but all of they pictures and frames too sometime i don't really see any improvement compare tu my old 28.8 modem .. but maybe at your place it will be better .. just my 2 cents .. tlb

To: Wizzer who wrote (1759)	12/9/1998 12:39:00 PM
From: BradC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4467

<access is kind of slow on the internet> I agree, the problem is I don't think the bottleneck is at the user end. Even at 33k the loading of an order entry form should happen in a split second. For most of the time that I spend waiting for a page to load my modem is doing nothing and then it starts to blink and the page is there. With Greenline though it must be something to do with their servers because there are very few sites on the net as slow as that one.