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[jami dodgers] 05/11/2003 10:00

Thank you very much one and all, guys and gals ;-))

[captain cash] 04/11/2003 22:51

Presumably if you don't have broadband at the moment you have 56k dial up or isdn. Regardless of contention ratio it's going to be better than those.

[rd-racer] 04/11/2003 22:09

I have the standard BT Broadband, works fine during the trading day, only noticed it slows down at weekends especially Sundays.

[dhedra] 04/11/2003 21:06

I have ntl 600k broadband. I also use a Netgear Router. It runs 2 PCs and 1 i-mac through cables, plus 2 wirelessed lap-tops. Very easy, fast and trouble free.

[poo] 04/11/2003 20:31

jami - I have been on BT broadband (originally Openworld) since launch and it seems to have settled down pretty well in my area. I think contention varies with mix of residential and business. I would guess that I am in a mostly residential area and don't seem to notice any degradation in throughput during UK trading day but things definitely slow down in the early evening, say between 1700 and 2000 (probably kids downloading games and music!).

Personally, don't like the Yahoo bells and whistles, they just get in my way and have reverted to original service.

I implemented my own wired and wireless (802.11b) system. For wireless I used Netgear kit and have been very pleased with its performance using it for router, pci cards for pc's and pcmcia cards for laptops. Not too difficult to set up and appears very stable.

[wolf] 04/11/2003 20:15

and ladies :-)

[wolf] 04/11/2003 18:03

I use pipex and can recommend it. Have had a couple of problems if I'm honest. Down for about 2 - 3 days in the past 18months. It's the 50:1 ratio I think. I run 1 pc with 2 screens - set probably a bit like Hooya. Don't think you'd have too much trouble as the downloads aren't heavy graphics or anything.
I think it's about 25 per month.

have a look at adslguide.org.uk - lots of info there.

[los ricos] 04/11/2003 17:20

ntl broadband 600k cable modem - tried 150k, but too slow.

[jami dodgers] 04/11/2003 15:47

Thanks Dave, Tried there first before clogging up the board with yet another thread, but couldn't find anything relevant to the above enquiry. We do know who not to use though!

JDs

[hooya] 04/11/2003 15:45

Standard BT broadband direct through BT...before they had Yahoo association I think

[dave37] 04/11/2003 15:43

thats ok, you can do a search for broadband.or take a look here for some threads

[jami dodgers] 04/11/2003 15:40

Thanks Hooya, is that the standard BT Yahoo Broadband?

[hooya] 04/11/2003 15:38

I use BT broadband...not sure about the 50:1 thing but mine is 600K...only run 1 pc two screens and countless browsers and I havent had a problem in 3 months

[jami dodgers] 04/11/2003 15:38

Thanks Dave ;-)

[dave37] 04/11/2003 15:36

cant help you I'm afraid, I use blueyonder.........just letting you know that your post had been read.......

dave

[jami dodgers] 04/11/2003 15:35

Hi All,

BT have finally got around to our area with Broadband and we hope to be connected later this month.

Can anyone advise us on the following:

Is the contended ratio of 50:1 that BT offer sufficient to handle the volume of data needed for day trading? We have two cpu s running two monitors each, connected to the usual multiple sites for gathering information and executing trades.

Or should we be considering and upgrade to Pipex Business with a ratio of 20:1, but costing more than twice the price (£82.19 + vat as opposed to £29.99 inc vat)?

Also if we go the BT route, has anyone experience of the BT Voyager 2000 wireless home network? Or any alternatives?

Thanks in anticipation

The J D s

[jami dodgers] 04/11/2003 15:33

Hi All,
BT have finally got around to our area with Broadband and we hope to be connected later this month.

Can anyone advise us on the following:

Is the contended ratio of 50:1 that BT offer sufficient to handle the volume of data needed for day trading? We have two cpu s running two monitors each, connected to the usual multiple sites for gathering information and executing trades.

Or should we be considering and upgrade to Pipex Business with a ratio of 20:1, but costing more than twice the price (£82.19 + vat as opposed to £29.99 inc vat)?

Also if we go the BT route, has anyone experience of the BT Voyager 2000 wireless home network? Or any alternatives?

Thanks in anticipation

The J D s