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Speedus news out! Asensio teams up with Armenian mountaineers! (Remember that Asensio had put out a favourable report on CVUS, its predecessor). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Asensio & Company to Participate in First Live Internet Video Streaming of a Mt. McKinley Expedition DENALI, Alaska, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Asensio & Company, a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, CRD number 31742: Manuel P. Asensio, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York based investment banking firm Asensio & Company, Inc. will join the 8 member Mt. McKinley expedition team sponsored by SpeedUs.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPDE). The team includes Shant S. Hovnanian the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of SpeedUs.com, Inc. and two other SpeedUs.com employees. All of the team members except for Mr. Asensio are Armenians who reside in Armenia, Russia and the United States. The expedition plans to stream live video coverage of the climb on the Internet. The SpeedUs.com team is led by the world's eldest mountaineer, sixty-one year old Lev Sarkisov. On May 12, 1999, Mr. Sarkisov became the oldest person to summit Mt. Everest at age 60 years and 161 days. Mr. Sarkisov broke Venezuelan mountain climber Ramon Blanco's record who had summited Mt. Everest five years earlier at age 60 years and 160 days. The SpeedUs.com Mt. McKinley expedition is expected to leave the mountain's south-side Base Camp to commence its climb this coming Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2000. The expedition plans to broadcast via satellite live video coverage of the expedition on a daily basis. The broadcast will be streamed onto the Internet and will be available for viewing live and from archives on SpeedUs.com's Broadband Beta site. The site is specially designed to provide high speed Internet users with broadband content. Both high speed and normal speed Internet users will have access to the expedition's live broadcasts and archived footage at speedus.com . The schedule and agenda for the daily broadcast, which will depend on the weather and other conditions, will be announced as early as possible. Visitors will be able to register to receive e-mail notices in advance of the live broadcast. .... <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<siliconinvestor.com Too bad that they didn't give a figure how much they shell out for the expedition.