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Technology Stocks : NetZero Inc-(NZRO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brasco One who wrote (303)	11/15/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 513

One of the significant challenges for NZRO is going to be the issue of branding. AltaVista has an enormous head start on them in this area and the backing of CMGI. There may be a need for free ISPs but I would suggest AltaVista will become the dominant player in this area. An excerpt from today's AltaVista press release: Monday November 15, 9:07 am Eastern Time Company Press Release AltaVista Signs Up 800,000 Free Internet Users, Equal to Seventh Largest ISP Offers Leading Free Access Service in Canada Windows NT Version Now Available PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999--AltaVista Company, the premier new media and commerce network and a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI - news), has registered 800,000 users for its Free Access Internet service in three months. This unprecedented internet sign-up offering now makes AltaVista equivalent to the seventh largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the United States. AltaVista also plans to offer nationwide free dial-up Internet service to Canada, covering more than 85 percent of the country through local phone numbers. The service will be available as a free downloadable application at www.microav.com by December 15. The full press release can be found at: biz.yahoo.com