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.

Technology Stocks : METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK (MFNX) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: straight life who wrote (521)	8/24/1999 12:14:00 PM
From: Curtis E. Bemis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1983

Thanx-- The ENRON thing is interesting. As you probably know, ENRONs roots are in the electrical power business. They currently act as power brokers, mostly in Southwest and West selling/trading/brokering excess power to those who need it. ENRON also maintains a huge trans-US natural gas distribution system and they suddenly realized that stringing fiber optic cable along their gas pipelines was a good thing to do. Now, they enter the "bandwidth broker" arena as well. Tis a bit different than electrical power distribution where all you have to do is "throw the switch" but the idea is similar. Coming back to MFNX+AboveNet-- This IS their business but not necessarily the broker part--It could be, tho--