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To: VinWood who wrote (2244)	6/12/1998 12:50:00 PM
From: Mike Gordon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

re: "inflated" cell phone bills uhhhh, don't quite know where you're coming from on this. i'm going to assume that you're somewhat ignorant regarding what's going on in the telecommunications industry, rather than assume that you're intentionally trying to mislead readers of this forum. trend on cell phone rates is clearly downward. already approaching 10 cents per minute. service providers have to increase airtime consumption in order to maintain/grow profits. hence, value-added services like portico. i, for one, will be first in line to subscribe. as an IT consultant, i am constantly on the road and can't tell you how much easier portico will make my life. well worth $25+ per month. there are MANY MANY others like me out there. there will be competing products, but as far as time-to-market goes, GMGC is taking on some element of risk by being first to the party, not late. again, don't know to what you're referring.

To: VinWood who wrote (2244)	6/12/1998 7:18:00 PM
From: shortlong2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

<<<In general, these companies have huge customer bases already established, ala Yahoo, Lycos etc.>>> Were the huge customer bases there the day these companies opened their doors for business ? <<<How many people will be willing to pay a premium on their already inflated cell phone bills for the benefit of having the service that Portico offers?>>> Instead of asking this question, state your case. Are you saying there will be zero demand ? The telcos must smell money here, otherwise why even bother at all ? I see many people using cell phones where cost does not seem to be an object. Standing in check-out lines buying groceries, sitting in restaurants while there is a pay phone twenty feet away, driving down the road in their cars, and don't tell me these are people making business calls. It is very obvious to me that the people that I am talking about are not business people. So my point is if these people use cell phones in this frivolous manner, do you think that people will not pay for a service such as Portico to help them make money and lighten their load ? I know this is simplistic thinking but I prefer it to being too complex. I'm a person who bought this stock, and this is the way I think, and I know there are plenty of other people who are buying this stock that think the same way I do. There is something here and it is so damn obvious, that it jumps out at you.