It's about time a reliable broker started offering the same commissions. Fortunately I just closed a trade before I got disconnected for the third time today.
I think the problem may be with Qwest, not IB. I keep getting disconnected to Nextrend as well as IB (at the same time). Other connections are working ok. I tried tracing different places and everything that went through Qwest had problems.
Where are you located, Macal? Seems like most of the people having trouble are west of the mississippi.
I have been a big booster of IB, but today cost me a lot of money. Got thrown out and can't get back in. I have been waiting for them to fix their problems, but my P&L can't take this much more. Def, can you give some definitive update as to what is going on. I am trying not to switch brokers, but I need some realistic hope that this disaster will soon be over.