Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: Jeffrey D who wrote (1443)	6/23/1999 12:12:00 PM
From: Jacalyn Deaner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3519

That is the exact phone number provided by the Transfer Agent - could be the same number Tom Allinder provided initially; that Canadian xstream number I finally did dig up by contacting the engineer that works there is located on one post I made. Regarding the number of shares outstanding - it would be nice to know how many were dumped during that run up by the past CEOs - and how many shares of XSNI they received without restrictions for their otherwise worthless stock certificates of megacom,digiphone, firecrest etc. That there was a sell off can't be denied. Manning said there were only 4 million out not 15 million - so he gave misleading information there, and intentionally misled. So far the only thing he has been consistent on is misleading and has not come out with a satisfactory explanation to date. Guess there is not one, or he may be waiting for the "big moment?" Where is manning nowadays; seems with all your digging up on canadian forums and press releases you are posting, seems you could have found something about what is presently going on. Have you called manning or anyone else? Too bad no numbers provided by anyone are any good during business hours? huh? That Manning said there were ONLY 4 million out and now the transfer agent says over 15 MILLION, appears to be more conflicting information provided by manning. I take the word of others in this case; here is some more reading about freeserve adn other european ISPs that are gaining on this xsni: news.bbc.co.uk Wednesday, June 16, 1999 Published at 17:30 GMT 18:30 UK Sci/Tech CurrantBun warns freeserve CurrantBun has signed up 250,000 subscribers in 2.5 months By Internet Correspondent Chris Nuttall CurrantBun, The Sun newspaper's subscription-free Internet Service Provider, has passed 250,000 subscribers and issued a warning to its main rival freeserve and other ISPs. "Unless you're a telephony supplier, if you've not launched an ISP that has an active user base of 200K or more today then you'll never, EVER be profitable tomorrow," predicted Ellis Watson, CurrantBun's General Manager. CurrantBun launched on April 1, recruiting its 250,000 in 2.5 months, of whom only 10% are said to be Sun readers. But it attributes its rapid growth to a high-profile promotion in The Sun and Asda superstores. Free ISPs should RIP Ellis Watson claimed the bottom had fallen out of the ISP market and said the Dixons Group was being too slow in floating its freeserve service on the stock market. "freeserve should seriously be considering floating now, whilst it is still profitable. For every month that they don't float then it's another 15% off whatever price they get - the Free ISP explosion is officially dead. The 0800 routes, the telecom giants' desire to play catch-up and a myriad of me-too access means the feeding frenzy is over." CurrantBun, cockney rhyming slang for the sun, says it is the fastest-growing of the scores of free ISPs that followed freeserve's lead. "Many will never reach beyond 40,000 subscribers within the next six months, as they demonstrate no technological, brand or product competence in Internet access provision," said Watson. freeserve, with more than 1,250,000 subscribers is the UK's leading ISP. It aims to float next month, via a dual listing in London and on Nasdaq in the United States, according to industry sources. It is valued at £1bn - £2bn and analysts expect the parent company Dixons to float between 20 and 25% of the business. news.bbc.co.uk bbc.co.uk news.bbc.co.uk The in 1998 a London company using Canadian software, set up the first Internet Service Provider which did not charge for net access. X-Stream funded their service through advertising. This started a trend that was to reach its zenith when Freeserve was launched in September 1998. By March 1999 around 10,000 people a week were signing up for internet access through both pay for and free services - according to a National Opinion Poll. X-Stream celebrated their first birthday by offering free telephone calls. The company told .radio that they would continue to offer free calls on occassions. However the calls were not really free - somebody had to pay for them and that somebody was X-Stream. But how do the pay-for competitors feel? One of the first Internet Service Providers were Demon Internet. They told .radio that while they welcome the free services, the pay-for services invest more in their technology and are a more reliable service. The free services do not necessarialy agree with that assessment. And most importantly what about the users? We spoke to several who simply had problems getting the free services to work at all. There were reports of engaged signals when trying to sign on. However not all were unhappy. Once a service was operating, they were fairly pleased with what they got. It is hard to know exactly the number of free services that are currently available but visit our Links page to find some Web Sites that assess the free services that are currently available. The major advantage with the free services is - if you don't like one, you can move easily to another. What is your view on free ISPs? Let us know, write to dot.radio@bbc.co.uk - your views may appear on this page.