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To: Dale Baker who wrote (1716)	7/2/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3519

Dale, you have mentioned that the high profile, well financed competition will/could spell the end of XSNI. You have a valid point. Without focusing on all of the other "issues" surrounding XSNI I would like, however, to suggest the following. First, there is no dispute that XSNI is in a hot market of free ISPs in the UK. It is the correct business model at the present time as witnessed by the flood of competition entering it. Second, there is no dispute it is a growing market. I believe there are reports there will be 20M Brits on-line by 2003. Let's draw a parallel and look at a recent phenomena in the U.S. On-line trading. First, it is a hot market. More and more brokers, big{Merril Lynch, Schwab}and small {too numerous to name}, are all pushing and shoving their way in to it. Second, it is a growing market. Reports indicate there are about 7.5M of us doing it now with an expectation of there being 10M by the end of this year alone. Schwab, Merrill, E-Trade get all of the publicity and have tremendous resources but what is happening to the little guys? Well WITC is trading at 30, TWE at 24, JBOH at 13, etc. It seems there is room for smaller, less well known companies in this market. Who is to say this is not the case in the free ISP market in the UK? Again, I am not comparing the mysterious XSNI to any of the small brokers listed above. I am just suggesting that X-Stream might not just fade away in the night. Jeff

To: Dale Baker who wrote (1716)	7/2/1999 12:28:00 PM
From: Jon C	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3519

Dale - Correct about the cheap rooms. - Petrol 65p to 75p per litre depending on rating - Growth of large superstores restricted by our "planning" authorities - Online shopping available with Tescos and Sainsbury two of the largest UK retailers(although it has not been rolled out nationwide yet) There would appear to be an interest in online shopping and that interest is growing. - On pricing as a very rough guide on consumables what you pay in $ers we pay in £s. - Capper Street London. Yep know it; No relation to either myself or the Firecrest Capper Finally apologies for my inappropiate comments directed to or about you the other day. Kind regards Jon C

To: Dale Baker who wrote (1716)	7/2/1999 7:40:00 PM
From: donkeyman	Respond to of 3519

Dale: How are you.!! My comment about the price of gas was 5 times higher in the UK than the USA - our UK friend Jon C in post #1722 says a liter of gas cost 75 pence per liter. So now we have the answer. I think there's 100 pence in 1 British pound, therefore, 100 pence = Cdn.$2.32 the last time I checked today. So 75 pence = Cdn.$1.74. Here in Canada we had that British Imperial gallon, I think 4 liters per gallon, so that's 4 x Cdn.$1.74 = Cdn.$6.96/gal. That's about US$4.75 per Imperial Gallon. I think the US gallon is about 80% of the Imperial Gallon, so if that's the case, US$4.75 x 80% = US$3.80/gal. What is the price of gas in the US on average? I don't think I'd be too far out by saying 5 times or more. By the way, we didn't stay at the Hilton in London and the price was around $300.00/night give or take a few bucks. These gas figures need to be checked out. The price of a liter of gas in Canada runs from about Cdn.$0.50 to $0.70/liter.