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To: PCSS who wrote (71401)	11/9/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: Jimbo Cobb	Respond to of 97611

Nothing wrong with having someone to hold your hand if you aren't comfortable enough with investing to do it yourself.... jajajajajajajaja Hey, seriously, congrats on the COBT and good luck on UPS tomorrow !!! Even though it's the biggest IPO in history, I read it might open up 50 or 100 points tomorrow !!!!!!! CRAZY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you make a ton on UPS tomorrow and I make a ton on NETP tomorrow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like CSCO came through with some good numbers that might give the techs a boost at the open.... Jimbo.

To: PCSS who wrote (71401)	11/9/1999 8:31:00 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

MEXICO CITY, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Compaq Computer Corp. <CPQ.N>, the world's largest personal computer maker, said on Tuesday it would launch Internet access service in Mexico this month, and expand the service later to other Latin American countries. Beginning Nov. 23, all Compaq desktop and portable computers sold in Mexico would include one year of free Internet access through Compaq's Internet Service Provider, CompaqNET, company officials said at a news conference. Lucio Galicia, a Compaq vice president for Latin America, said Compaq hoped to have 50,000 Mexican subscribers to CompaqNET by the end of 1999. Galicia said it could reach that ambitious number because during December and the holiday season, Compaq could easily sell 50,000 computers in Mexico. Mexico's biggest ISP, telephone giant Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) <TELMEXL.MX><TMX.N> has a total of some 315,000 subscribers, with additions of some 32,000 a month. Galicia said Compaq aimed to provide better infrastructure for Internet access than its Mexican competitors, so that subscribers would not get a busy signal when they dial in for access. He said the company also planned to develop a Web portal, and provide content for Internet subscribers in the near future. CompaqNET would begin service in Mexico's three main industrial centers Mexico, Guadalajara and Monterrey, on Nov. 23, and service would expand in December into 40 other Mexican cities, Compaq officials said. Compaq said the computers it currently sells through Telmex on an installment payment plan would still be equipped with Telmex's Prodigy Internet access service. Galicia said Compaq had huge growth in Mexico and Latin America this year. He said Compaq's 1999 computer sales were projected to grow 300 percent in Mexico, compared with 1998 sales, based on units sold. He said sales income did not match that growth because of deep price cuts. He said units sold would be up more than 400 percent in Argentina and Chile this year, but that Mexico was the pillar of Latin American growth, accounting for 40 percent to 50 percent of the company's Latin American sales. He said Mexico was Compaq's most important market worldwide, after the United States, and before Japan, Europe, and the rest of Latin America. ((Fiona Ortiz, Mexico City newsroom +525 728-9565, mexicocity.newsroom@reuters.com)) REUTERS (REUTERS) Compaq to launch Internet access in Latin America Compaq to launch Internet access in Latin America