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Author Message  beenjammin Member Username: beenjammin Post Number: 34 Registered: 12-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 06:36 pm:     Trading from home, I have a lurking terror of losing web access at a crucial trading time and not being able to monitor/close vulnerable positions - or worse, getting cut off halfway through setting up leg-ins for multiple options positions strategies. I'm in a major Australian city and I use Telstra Broadband Cable at present. Any suggestions on the most reliable form of web access? Has anyone gone to the extent of putting in redundant internet links of some description? Can dial-up modem speeds (if this is considered a reliable backup) handle live on line systems such as IRESS? All input greatly appreciated - if there is an earlier thread on this please point me to it (I searched to no avail), and we can see if anyone can add an update Thanks B. (Message edited by beenjammin on March 04, 2009)  perler59 Member Username: perler59 Post Number: 1023 Registered: 09-2003 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 04:04 pm:     I used to run WebIRESS via dial up and it was quite usable, certainly good enough for a backup. The best emergency trading backup is a list of your brokers phone numbers and a mobile phone with a fully charged battery :-) Many futures traders have multiple Internet accounts via different technologies (Cable, DSL, Wireless) and multiple computers each with its own UPS and multiple Broker accounts, so that when one broker has a system failure, open positions can be hedged with another... Incredible Charts now with US Data AMEX, NASDAQ and NYSE data OTC BB and Pink Sheet stocks more than 500 market and sector indices FREE trial - Click Here http://ttc.net.au/~stever  beenjammin Member Username: beenjammin Post Number: 36 Registered: 12-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 11:48 pm:     Thanks Perler! Received a good suggestion - 3G modem. So, I'll go for one fo those, two sims in case one network is down, plus also see if what the highest speed copper line backup I can get. Plus the redundant power supply and computer. Hadn't thought about the second broker account, good point, Ill do some research. Thanks!

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