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Technology Stocks : InfoSpace (INSP): Where GNET went! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steven R. Michaud who wrote (11623)	8/28/1999 2:02:00 AM
From: yzfool	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

No you are right on. Gone will be the days of prescribed programming; instead, the viewer will have a more active role in program selection. Pay per view is merely a beginning. To accomplish this you need fast internet access for transfer of video and voice, large storage facilities to house programming libraries, and a set top box at home with a very large hard drive. The technology is here. I believe that PA, along with several other heavy weights, is invested in the set top box but I can't recall specifics. Imagine spending the afternoon watching ones favorite Gilligan's Island episodes, sans commercials (but thats one of the complicating issues - the ability to remove ads with the set top box; Enter email advertisements...)

To: Steven R. Michaud who wrote (11623)	8/28/1999 2:27:00 AM
From: PatrickMark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Finally, I must be honest...if Dayton had DSL or Cable Internet access, I'd be there! ISP connectivity is great, but I'd be willing to spend $50/month to get 100K/sec access... Me too! Just waiting . . .and waiting . . . for broadband to become available in my area. And I think that we're not unique in our desire for a broadband connection; it will just intensify from here. The general economy statistics I read indicate that (over the last 10 years) consumers are spending less on apparel, services, reading materials and food, and more on education and entertainment - 40 or 50 bucks a month (less 20 to dump your dial-up) is not that hard to swallow when you keep hearing everyone around you talk about how great broadband is. Some stats, for those interested, borrowed from another thread: Message 10564025 What would you guys/gals think about getting involved in some sort of movies/music download on demand type business transaction...? Video technology is a ways down the road; audio is a possibility, but the competition is fierce. JMO. PM

To: Steven R. Michaud who wrote (11623)	8/28/1999 10:18:00 AM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 28311

Movies on demand is already here, I believe, in very limited areas. It will be nationwide soon. Major settop box manufacturers, in the US, are General Instruments (which Charter uses) and Scientific Atlantic. I also have a Sony DSS system; Sony manufactures its own box, which I am told, will have much-enhanced interactive capabilities within a year or so (probably means I'll have to buy a new box!). Since PA is so big on entertainment, you know he'll have all the stuff he needs. As for GNET, I think Susan said Russell told her that GNET was central to PA's broadband plans, and that RH would not let him down. I have great faith in RH, he has proven himself all along. FWIW, I have a cable modem, jury-rigged until two-way upgrade comes to the neighborhood, has problems, but better than the old dial-up. Since I am more than 15,000 feet from the CO, I can not get DSL. Will have to wait for wireless to compare with cable.

To: Steven R. Michaud who wrote (11623)	8/28/1999 1:38:00 PM
From: Susan G	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

What would you guys/gals think about getting involved in some sort of movies/music download on demand type business transaction...? It is an eventuality...and if PA can get his stuff together...providing the consumer the ability (speed is of the essence here) to pick any movie and watch it whenever they want...will be a big hit...(kind of like Pay-for-view but with unlimited content). What a fabulous concept! we all know in a few years we will be watching any movie we want at any time on cable...this could be big. HUGE. Still waiting for DSL and cable modem access in the NY state/Connecticut area - hard to believe it's months/years away still, considering Bill Gates owns most of Comcast, my cable provider, and we are so close to NYC. 15 miles north and it would be Charter access, which already has more cable channels available than Comcast.