It seems there is a difference between what we want to be true - and what is. How does one tell the difference? I mean, don’t we all want high volumes of data processed instantaneously with no latency? Apparently, there are a few realists out there.

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Face it - the amount of trade and market data that needs to be processed in order to stay apprised of the market - let alone ahead of it - is staggering and its only getting worse. Then, is the lowest achievable latency determined by bandwidth rather than throughput?

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There is a necessary relationship between users and markets, but it seems one of them isn’t ready for a full commitment. Which could it be?

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Last month most readers agreed that market data providers could do more to reduce latency. The question was generic about market data providers - especially if you consider that not everybody gets their data directly from the exchanges. So what about the exchanges and markets? Can they do more to reduce latency?

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