Texas traders

[IanMacQuaide]

I'm on SuddenLink cable modem just north of The Woodlands.
Pings show it to be at about 981 KBS. Not T1, but I'll take it.
We oughta do a meet and greet sometime.

 

[Maverick74]

Well it turns out Comcast does not serve the Woodlands area. Time Warner has a monopoly. No wonder their prices are sky high.

 

[JayS]

Quote from Maverick74:

Well it turns out Comcast does not serve the Woodlands area. Time Warner has a monopoly. No wonder their prices are sky high.

Actually Time Warner will be leaving Houston and Comcast will be coming in to take over their 'monopoly'. Not sure of the date, still up in the air.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=4423119

 

[Maverick74]

Quote from JayS:

Actually Time Warner will be leaving Houston and Comcast will be coming in to take over their 'monopoly'. Not sure of the date, still up in the air.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=4423119

Sweet!

 

[thegazelle]

AT&T has been laying fiber in SE Houston for some time now. Its only a matter of time..

 

[biggerfish]

In CNNMoney's latest Best Places to Live, Texas rates the most cities - 10 - in the top 100 U.S. finalists:

Austin 690,300
Carrollton 124,700
Denton 104,200
League City 61,500
North Richland Hills 61,100
Plano 250,100
Richardson 99,200
Round Rock 86,300
Sugar Land 75,800
The Woodlands 67,600

Houston-adjacent Sugar Land rated 3rd-best U.S. city, Plano 11th, Dallas-adjacents Richardson 15th, and Carrollton 19th, Austin-adjacent Round Rock 48th, Denton 58th, Dallas-adjacent North Richland Hills 62nd, The Woodlands 73rd.

Surprising that The Woodlands only placed 73rd; guess the average commute time hurt them.

Austin rated 2nd in the 10 Best Big U.S. Cities - no surprise here.

Many more stats to see if you agree regarding your area: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/index.html

 

[biggerfish]

Make that Fort Worth-adjacent Richland Hills...

 

[Pathus]

I start a job at an investment bank in Houston June 4th, I'll be moving out mid to late May.

 

[HoustonMark]

Quote from volente_00:

How many people on ET are trading from the lone star state ?

Does

 

[EMRGLOBAL]

I trade for myself. Looked to open up a Firm with Terra Nova, but we decided that San Antonio still lacks many important key "Individuals" that would grasp the concept.

Kershner Trading in Austin, Chop shop, still using "Soes" bandit methods. But hey, they just moved to a new shiny building with more Space. So, the chop shop/day trading firms might catch on.

Texas has more "Desk" jobs in the "Trading world" than individual traders. It is a small group in Texas but from the one's I have met, they are pretty sharp.

There are a few Key Funds (hedge and money Mg. teams in the SA/ATX area.

But very little "Locals" , to use the Chicago Terminology.