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Microcap & Penny Stocks : XSNI - X-Stream Network -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: donkeyman who wrote (1109)	6/10/1999 10:27:00 AM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3519

DMan:<<AOL, have not got the guts to try and crush a British Internet company that 1st. offered Free Internet to the U.K.--if they tried that stunt they don't know the British people very well,>> DMan, why do you say that? The British people didn't show any loyalty to X-Stream as the 1st free internet company when they all signed up with Freeserve and made Freeserve the largest did they? The following on too many ISPs in Europe and most will go down. My money is STILL on XSNI to be one of the survivors. Heck, they already have 350,000 or so customers in the UK which is more than I can say for the majority of the competition. Remember, competition is good. It means there is a market out there that companies want to be in! Jeff Posted 10/06/99 12:30pm by Tim Richardson Euro Net market too small to support so many ISPs ISPs across Western Europe could be in for a torrid time as competition continues to hot up in the marketplace. Although there are some 3000 ISPs in Western Europe chasing a $10 billion industry, those unable to stand the heat will simply be left to fry. That's because Internet demand is exploding, prices are in free fall, and companies are being forced to seek more innovative ways of appealing to customers. In its report Internet Service Providers in Western Europe, Cambridge-based research group Analysys Publications claims the market cannot sustain such a high number of suppliers. "Most of the factors encouraging market growth are short or medium term," said Dr Philip Lakelin, author of the survey. "In the longer term, and that really means only the next few years, the Internet access market will become considerably more streamlined. We expect to see fierce, cutthroat competition among the brand-driven and content-based ISPs in the coming years. "Casualties are inevitable among those that do not have flexible business models or the resources to sustain the losses that ensure continued rapid growth." Analysys believes that branded and content-based ISPs, such as AOL-Bertelsmann Europe, Freeserve and Planet Online, will continue to dominate the market. For other companies, such as retailers, it seems Internet access will be given away free as part of a standard loyalty package. ® >>