There is something more important that speed... "Be the ball..."
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Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:
I've traded even more Bonds than you in Chicago so I'm not a rube from Kansas dude. If you're also executing on espeed (and you'd better) then yea you need pipes. But ECBOT from Chicago? Any broadband is good enough. Unless you're trading cash vs fut you should never lose the turn because of latency issues.