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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Telscape (TSCP) & PointeCom (previously C-Com)

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To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (47)5/27/1997 10:12:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)   of 152
 
Shakeout ahead for smaller ISPs. (Phoenix DataNet?)

"...A study by International Data Corp. says the market for Internet service providers is growing. At the end of 1996, the total market for ISP services reached more than $3.3 billion. The largest percentage of revenues (58.5 percent) came from corporate access services. The next-largest segment is the market for individual access services, which reached $949.7 million. "The ISP market, which until this time has sustained thousands of ISPs, will begin to constrict more rapidly
over the next few years," said Caroline Robertson, director of IDC's business network services and electronic commerce research programs. "Performance, reliability, and support expectations will prevent a number of small ISPs from scaling up to compete on a regional or national basis without merging." At the same time, however, IDC believes this market will sustain hundreds of local or regional ISPs that can cost-effectively provide tailored services to a specific regional market or town..."

The Internet Daily (TM) is originally published and edited by Data Broadcasting Corp. NASDAQ: DBCC)
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