If FIX connectivity is an option for you, QuickFIX has a python API. You will have to build the QuickFIX C++ project first, but once you get that out of the way you can work purely out of python.
That really shouldn't happen. The internet is not a network of pears, it is a network of networks. In that respect it is a heirarchy built up around routers which determine where packets go.
The job of a router is simple:
1) get the packet to its destination
2) do not send the data...
linuxtrader,
If possible would you be able to take a little time to email me the reasons QF didn't meet your needs? If you know of some shortcomings, we would like to have the opportunity to address them based on your feedback. Thanks!
--oren