IB data feed

[samovar]

I stumbled upon this very interesting thread and read about 40 posts before realizing that its date of "11-05-01" is not 2011-05-02, but Nov-01-2005.

So f**k you, EliteTrader board, for not using clear, unambiguous dates (YYYY-MM-DD). Sorry, had to let that one out.

Anyway, this thread should be brought up to date, or pointed to a current thread.

More specifically:

Quote from oneway:

The biggest draw back to the IQFeed is that they do not have access to the central banks; NO FOREX.

I see at http://www.iqfeed.net/index.cfm?displayaction=data&section=services that IQFeed does offer access to Forex, and apparently every other instrument you'd want.

Quote from oneway:

Attempting to use IB Data for tick analysis or time & sales is a futile excercise at best, and is exacerbated by the asynchronous nature of the data reporting.

Is this still the case as of May 2011?