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  • #1
  • First Post: Jul 12, 2007 11:29am Jul 12, 2007 11:29am
I have a couple of questions that I could use some help with. I hope to spend progressively more time in France over the next few years, hopefully to retire there at a future date. I currently live in the UK.

In my village there is no broadband, and not likely to ever be available. So my questions are these.

  1. Is trading viable through a dial-up connection?
  2. If not, what alternatives are there? I doubt I'll use a PDA, screen too small, so will probably end up with a small laptop.
  3. If I need to use a 3G supplier, which would be the most cost-effective when traveling backwards and forwards between France and the UK?

I use IBFX as my borker, and I assume I just need to transfer the folder to the new machine to log-in from another location.

Please note I do not use EAs, or any other type of automated trading.

Any help would be appreciated, and a French pen-pal would be nice, aussi.

Merci de votre assistance

  • #2
  • Jul 12, 2007 11:50am Jul 12, 2007 11:50am
Hi Peter

I have a TMobile data package in the UK and it works out pretty cheap. You can leave it on connected to the internet 24x7 and it wont cost any more than the flat rate.

As well as using it for checking Metatrader on the move (straight off my Vario 2 phone) it also doubles up as a USB modem for my laptop and gives good download speeds. Give them a try amd see if you can use it internationally. Also ask competitor sif they can match this kind of unlimited data package. I would imagine prices will only drop in future.


cheers
  • #3
  • Jul 12, 2007 12:08pm Jul 12, 2007 12:08pm
Quoting fxprocessor
Hi Peter

I have a TMobile data package in the UK and it works out pretty cheap. You can leave it on connected to the internet 24x7 and it wont cost any more than the flat rate.

As well as using it for checking Metatrader on the move (straight off my Vario 2 phone) it also doubles up as a USB modem for my laptop and gives good download speeds. Give them a try amd see if you can use it internationally. Also ask competitor sif they can match this kind of unlimited data package. I would imagine prices will only drop in future.


cheers
It's maybe an age thing but I never seem to be able to find the info I want on websites.
Appreciate your advice, and I've just had a quick look around their site. I'll end up calling them as it will be the roaming costs that decide it.
I'm trying to find out if there are any folk who hop between the UK & France and trade regularly, and what they use. Or, any French traders who use Telecom France with mobile connection.
It might be cheaper to have a separate French account for when I'm over there and stick with cable here.
  • #4
  • Jul 12, 2007 12:29pm Jul 12, 2007 12:29pm
Quoting fxprocessor
Hi Peter

I have a TMobile data package in the UK and it works out pretty cheap. You can leave it on connected to the internet 24x7 and it wont cost any more than the flat rate.

As well as using it for checking Metatrader on the move (straight off my Vario 2 phone) it also doubles up as a USB modem for my laptop and gives good download speeds. Give them a try amd see if you can use it internationally. Also ask competitor sif they can match this kind of unlimited data package. I would imagine prices will only drop in future.


cheers

Is what you have discribed - wireless broadband? What speed does your data transfer?

This seems like a good option if you have even coverage over the areas that you frequent.

However, I like have redundancy - both wireless broadband and land line high-speed internet. If one is down then I have the other to fall back on.
  • #5
  • Jul 12, 2007 1:01pm Jul 12, 2007 1:01pm
Quoting fxprocessor
Hi Peter

I have a TMobile data package in the UK and it works out pretty cheap. You can leave it on connected to the internet 24x7 and it wont cost any more than the flat rate.

As well as using it for checking Metatrader on the move (straight off my Vario 2 phone) it also doubles up as a USB modem for my laptop and gives good download speeds. Give them a try amd see if you can use it internationally. Also ask competitor sif they can match this kind of unlimited data package. I would imagine prices will only drop in future.


cheers
They offer a Blackberry 8800 with unlimited GPRS data transfer for £29 per month. Is this the sort of thing you mean? As I understand it GPRS gives you high speed data transfer world-wide, so the only thing I need to check is if there are any charges if used in France.

Anyone with Blackberry & MT Mobile experience, or would it be easier to plug it into lap-top?
  • #6
  • Jul 12, 2007 1:32pm Jul 12, 2007 1:32pm
Dial up will be fine!
  • #7
  • Jul 12, 2007 2:13pm Jul 12, 2007 2:13pm
Quoting Sidus
Dial up will be fine!
I'm also planning to get a new laptop so I'll experiment with dial up before I spend good trading money on GPRS.
Nice to have you around again
  • #8
  • Jul 12, 2007 2:17pm Jul 12, 2007 2:17pm
Quoting PeterFM
I'm also planning to get a new laptop so I'll experiment with dial up before I spend good trading money on GPRS.
Nice to have you around again

Dailup is really no problem! It's pretty stable. Et si tu veux parler en français, pas de problème!
  • #9
  • Jul 12, 2007 2:20pm Jul 12, 2007 2:20pm
Hi Peter,

a bit off subject I know, but I wonder why as a UK resident you choose to pay income tax by using a broker, rather than spread bet?

Sorry can't help with your question as I'm probably in the same sort of age bracket as you and struggle with modern sites - which never seem to answer the obvious questions (to me)!

Good luck with the move.

Kevin
I've got my pips - go get yours!
  • #10
  • Jul 12, 2007 2:24pm Jul 12, 2007 2:24pm
Quoting Sidus
Dailup is really no problem! It's pretty stable. Et si tu veux parler en français, pas de problème!
Je parle francais un petit peu en ce moment, mais j'ai Skype si vous avez des temps je voudrais apprendre en plus.
  • #11
  • Jul 12, 2007 2:48pm Jul 12, 2007 2:48pm
Quoting PeterFM
Je parle francais un petit peu en ce moment, mais j'ai Skype si vous avez des temps je voudrais apprendre en plus.
bien sûr!
  • #12
  • Jul 12, 2007 2:51pm Jul 12, 2007 2:51pm
Quoting Sidus
bien sûr!
  • #13
  • Jul 12, 2007 6:54pm Jul 12, 2007 6:54pm
Salut Peter

Just like Sidus I have no problem at all using dialup. The dialup bandwidth is more than enough to efficiently receive all the data whch your broker broadcasts (quotes, charts, news ... etc) and efficient enough to send all your data to the broker (your orders). Ofcourse if you are also using the same dialup connection to download other stuff from the internet without putting a limit on the download speed, logging on to your broker might take a little longer and the connection could seem sluggish, but no problems whatsoever if you limit the download.

Wireless broadband seems to be an option too
  • #14
  • Jul 13, 2007 1:23am Jul 13, 2007 1:23am
Quoting Kash
Salut Peter

Just like Sidus I have no problem at all using dialup. The dialup bandwidth is more than enough to efficiently receive all the data whch your broker broadcasts (quotes, charts, news ... etc) and efficient enough to send all your data to the broker (your orders). Ofcourse if you are also using the same dialup connection to download other stuff from the internet without putting a limit on the download speed, logging on to your broker might take a little longer and the connection could seem sluggish, but no problems whatsoever if you limit the download.

Wireless broadband seems to be an option too
Apart from email, and checking this forum, I only seem to use the 'puter for FX now. So dial up looks like it's the way to go.
  • #15
  • Last Post: Jul 13, 2007 1:28am Jul 13, 2007 1:28am
Quoting BackTestDummy
Hi Peter,

a bit off subject I know, but I wonder why as a UK resident you choose to pay income tax by using a broker, rather than spread bet?

Sorry can't help with your question as I'm probably in the same sort of age bracket as you and struggle with modern sites - which never seem to answer the obvious questions (to me)!

Good luck with the move.

Kevin
I missed this post yesterday. The answer is simple. Money.
I play daily charts, primarily, and with a strategy of no stops, or big ones when I do use them, I can't apply a 1% risk profile properly.
As and when I pull some serious wedge together, and I'm sure my method is maintaining its current high win % then I might switch to SB.
Thanks for your interest.
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