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Microcap & Penny Stocks : FNTN-Is Financial Intranet the most undervalued net asset? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TechnoWiz who wrote (195)	7/6/1998 1:50:00 AM
From: dharampal luthra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 364

Techno, Good words to end the weekend with. Bill and me and others are puzzled as to why Bill's new thread got moved suddenly today from "Web/Info stocks" to "$5 and Under". Was this thread always under web/info stocks? I am guilty of not paying attention.

To: TechnoWiz who wrote (195)	7/6/1998 9:32:00 PM
From: Bill Fortune III	Respond to of 364

This is in response to one of Don's Posts. The following are just a few samples of hundreds if not thousands of negative posts on other Internet stocks that are today performing beyond most investors wildest dreams. The Nay-Sayers were saying: Here is a negative post on the Amazon thread back on 3/8/98 when it was selling for $83 trading today at about $139 Message 3638373 Or this one from AOL on 10/14/97 when it was selling for $83 and trading today at about $112 Message 2442187 Here is a post the EXCITE site on 10/22/97 that bash LCOS when it was selling for $31 and now trading for $91.75 and YHOO when it was selling for $53 and now trading for around $200. Message 2520183 You know what they say about Nay-Sayers, they are always around and not very right. So along the lines of what Don said, if you believe in FNTN don't let the Nay-Sayers sway you. But as always each investor will make their own decisions. Thanks Don for reminding us what can happen if we believe in the negative. Bill Fortune III

To: TechnoWiz who wrote (195)	7/7/1998 2:51:00 PM
From: Ann Janssen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 364

Hi Wiz, Well I guess it's about Time I came out of Lurking. <gg> I wasn't sure which thread I should post on. Since we already correspond I thought I would start here. I have been following the thread(s) with much interest. There is some great information here, lots to digest. I'm glad the Tomato Man actually visited the new data center. He was obviously impressed, I would have liked to know what Michael was wearing though. <ggg> I have a couple of technical questions though, maybe your or someone else would be able to answer for me. I have been reading in some of my trade magazines about video and networking. Specifically the fact that 'most' companies networks are not up to snuff when it comes to being able to handle the traffic associated with video. Since video is a huge bandwidth hog. Not really a problem if your investing in COMS or CSCO. <ggg> Has anyone seen any 'specs' on the new internet site and/or product FNTN is working on. What are the requirements on the user side?? I assume they are using Ethernet as ATM is very expensive to implement. Do we know if they are using Siemens home grown software for data transmission or something from First Virtual etc.. These questions may have already been answered but any further input would be greatly appreciated. I'll print the last couple of paragraphs for the article I read yesterday. So if anyone is still on the fence, as I was, maybe this will convince them FNTN has definitely got the right idea. From "SunExpert" a server workstation magazine (covers AIX (UNIX),NT and SUN products) "Intranets still not ready for video". June 98 cpq.com "Eventually, proponents expect more companies to identify applications that can benefit from video transmissions. 'Because timely access to information has become a top concern in just about every company, managers are interested in applications such as downloading daily financial news broadcasts to employees desktops,' Says Sun's Martin. (hmmm sound familiar) Because there are so many hurdles to overcome in deploying these applications, two to five years may pass before they are widely implemented. 'Video acceptance has occurred much more slowly than we anticipated, yet there has been progress,' Says First Virtual's Nielsen. 'The markets evolutions reminds me of the talk about LANs in the late 1980s. Every year, there were predictions that this year would be the year of the LAN. There was no on Year of the LAN, buy by the early 1990s, most corporations had installed them. We don't anticipate one year when corporations will jump on video, but we expect that in a few years most organizations will be running video applications.' There is also a good article in Fortune this week about video on demand. I couldn't find on the on-line version. I'll bring my print one in tomorrow and search their site for it. Good Investing everyone!! Take Care Ann