What exactly does this mean?

Got this in the email from Ameritrade, and haven't heard or read anything about SuperMontage going away, so this was surprising to read....perhaps I've just been "out to lunch" regarding order execution....

On August 1, 2006, NASDAQ will become a national securities exchange. This is the first step in the creation of a single order book that essentially combines NASDAQ, INET and BRUT.

This change may impact the way you previously used TD AMERITRADE's direct order routing and will affect open or saved orders.

As a result, the following important changes will occur on August 1:

You will no longer be able to route orders to NASDAQ Market Makers and SuperMontage;
You'll now be able to directly route orders to NSDQ (INET) and Archipelago (ARCA);
The display size feature will still be available for orders routed to NSDQ (INET);
INET book viewer will still be available through the Level II quotes feature of TD AMERITRADE Streamer by selecting NSDQ (INET), from the drop-down menu.


OK, so I was using SuperMontage all the time for my NASDAQ market orders. On the stocks I was trading, this worked like a charm for me....hardly ever got hurt by slippage (enough to notice anyway) and the fills were immediate.

So, if I was relying on SuperMontage before, what are my options for similar fill quality and fill speed after it is no longer available? INET market orders?

Anyone else get a similar notice from their broker?
 
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