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To: Wayners who wrote (3353)	1/15/1999 9:17:00 AM
From: Dave Triplett	Respond to of 7382

As Web Traffic Jumps, Brokers Run Into Jam By REBECCA BUCKMAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Point-and-click investing never seemed so complicated. Billed as fast, easy and cheap, online stock trading -- increasingly an alternative to conventional full-service investing -- became a nightmare for many of the cybersavvy this week. Almost every major Internet trading house has experienced Website slowdowns or downright outages during the past six weeks, raising questions as to whether the flashy online-trading industry can live up to its self-generated hype -- or even function efficiently when investors need it the most. Join the Discussion: What have your experiences with on-line trading been like? Web Traders -- and Shares -- Feel Pain of Volatile Market (Jan. 14) Customer Gripes Are Loud as E*Trade Stokes Growth (Jan. 14)