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

To: donkeyman who wrote (2651)	8/17/1999 3:43:00 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3519

Dman, it's useless to try and compare XSNI with FREE. It will remain so until or unless the X-stream folks choose to acknowledge they trade publicly under the XSNI symbol and they submit the necessary documents now required. If that is done then the comparison will be relevant. Until then, just enjoying the "mystery." Jeff

To: donkeyman who wrote (2651)	8/17/1999 4:59:00 PM
From: CBurnett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3519

Opinion piece from RB. "Free ISP providers fail miserably..." Top Post 08/17/99 2:00 PM By cybercop - Taken from America Online (AOL) Previous Respond Next By: cybercop 08-17-99 at 12:52 pm Reply To: None Post # 47877 All things being equal, Price is seventh on the list of things that users look for in an ISP ( IDC survey ). The number one things are speed, reliability, tech support, content. I think that free ISP providers fail miserably in all of the pertinent categories. You have to understand that the subscriber fees are great, but the real payoff will be advertising and e-commerce. Consumers that are driven by price alone, ie. "freebies" are not value or quality conscious. Hence, someone surfing the 'net at 28k because its free is not a spender that advertisers are going to pay big bucks to target. Therefore, the free ISP model may have some subscribers - I signed up for Alta Vista myself - its free, what the heck, but how many users, and not only users, but user that spend money will they attract?? Bottom line - if you are trying to get out of paying $20 bucks a month and are willing to surf at 28K - are you going to spend lots of money online?? EOM Previous Respond Next - Talk back with other Raging Bull members on the America Online board. - Do you like what cybercop says? Read more by cybercop. - Have you seen another Top Post? Let us know! - Top Post legal stuff.