If you're experience really is as you suggest and you are an EJB/JMS/Spring/RDBMS/transactions/JAAS guru, then yes, that is low-ball, and I'd have expected you

If you're experience really is as you suggest and you are an EJB/JMS/Spring/RDBMS/transactions/JAAS guru, then yes, that is low-ball, and I'd have expected you to be getting double that!!! Caveat: I'm not NY based, but I have worked out of a US telco for a while. $100/hour was their top rate for telco experienced Java architect/developers.