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Gold/Mining/Energy : eDispatch.com EWD.V (formerly Instep Mobile) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Postman who wrote (107)	10/19/1999 4:51:00 PM
From: Ontopequity	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 289

I definitely agree with you on that point and see it as the main point behind the company and the name change. Traditional dispatch requires proprietary hardware, software, and a proprietary wireless network. That is an expensive proposition requiring large up front capital cost out lays for every mobile worker employed. That is why the plumbing company down the street with 100 small jobs and twenty workers in the city, does not show up at your door with a hand held unit and a dispatch software automation system in place. They can not afford it. You see Purolator , Fedex, and you see police, and taxi cabs with mobile work force automation because they can afford it. That is now changing as we speak. A soon as your distribution costs go down and the service is robust and reliable, suddenly you have a far larger untapped virgin market. Certain infrastructures and industry developments needed to be in place for this to occur. 1) Ubiquitous and inexpensive wireless networks in major cities. 2) Inexpensive hand held units capable of manipulating data. 3) A standard network which is cheap and reliable - the inter net. "The stars are lined up" , the gun is loaded, and now we have a very compelling mobile fleet management system companies can afford for under $ 100.00 per month. They buy a little inexpensive hand held off the shelf, sign up for "bundled service", and suddenly they are behaving like big business. Suddenly they can be more competitive and efficient in dispatching field workers and serving their customer base. Yes, indeed you have open standards distribution, but you still have a world class proprietary software product being distributed in this manner. This is the "barrier to entry" I look for in my 21 Century investment strategy. Anyone can send a wireless e-mail or sell trinkets on the net. Not everyone can put together the offering and deals eDispatch.com has. Why this thing is still trading at these levels is more surprising than the little run we have seen thus far. ontopequity.com