Broadband alternatives

[arbuthnot]

Hi everyone

I'm having a lot of serious issues with my broadband supplier - Virgin Media here in the UK.

Quite often my downstream goes from 150 down to 5 or 1 .. or less.

I'm looking at a backup data supply. I may be able to get a 3G dongle which would deliver a speed of about 6. (Well, 6 is better than one or less...)

Is 6Mbps a sufficient to run NT7 live? If not, what would be the minimum?

Thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_DrewO]

Hello,

Thank you for your post!

While this speed would likely be sufficient for receiving data, we never recommend using a 3G or WiFI connection when using NinjaTrader. Instead, we recommend using a hardwired broadband connection.

The reason for this is that WiFi and 3G connections are far more likely to connection issues and excessive latency. This would be more a matter of the connection's overall health, not it's speed.

Let me know if I may help further.

[arbuthnot]

Thanks very much, Drew.

I'm not using NT7 (for the moment) to place trades - just to give me alerts. Using a dongle, etc., is better than nothing if there's no alternative to my my normal hard-wired connection, and I really do need to place those trades (through the broker's platform) if at all possible.

Didn't I read somewhere that NT7 needs a downstream speed of at least 6Mbps to work? (I've taken on board the other factors you raised.)

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_DrewO]

Hello,

Thank you for your reply!

Not necessarily. NinjaTrader should run as expected on any high speed hardwired internet connection.

[arbuthnot]

Thanks, Drew!