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skrenta@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rich Skrenta) writes:

>kes@ct.perm.su (Eugene S. Kolonsky) writes:
>>        Friends, does anybody know a way to get quotes by email? 

>This isn't email, but you may be able to get a stream of 9600 baud data
>out of your cable TV, containing stock quotes, investment house news
>blurbs, AP & UPI news stories, weather reports, and other junk.

>Call Xpress (1-800-7PC-NEWS) and they'll tell you whether your cable system
>carries their service.  There is no monthly fee for the first tier.  All you
>need to do is buy their box and software.

>I have a Unix daemon eating their feed, saving away quotes for stocks that I
>watch and stuffing the news stories into local USENET newsgroups.  I love the
>thing; it's great to be able to pop into a newsreader and read "AP Top stories
>as of 9am EDT".

>--
>Rich Skrenta

	Good idea, BUUUT I don't think they can get cable TV or call 
1-800-anything from anywhere.su (SU - Soviet Union: see the originator's
domain).

	Other then that - GREAT IDEA :-)

Vlad.
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