Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: Ann Janssen who wrote (203)	7/7/1998 5:00:00 PM
From: Bill Fortune III	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 364

Good afternoon Ann and welcome aboard. You ask some good questions. I am going to take a stab at answering the question about the one about video. "In the news releases that are issued by Financial Intranet, Inc. (FNTN) they make this statement about the video portion of their future business. "Financial Intranet is in the process of establishing the nation's first, PROPRIETARY, SECURED ON DEMAND, INTERACTIVE HIGH-SPEED VIDEO, VOICE AND DEDICATED DATA-STREAM INFORMATION NETWORK, that will enable enhanced links to be created between the Brokerage and Mutual Fund Industries and allow interactive access by the individual investor." Let me try to dissect this part of the statement "PROPRIETARY, SECURED ON DEMAND, INTERACTIVE HIGH-SPEED VIDEO, VOICE AND DEDICATED DATA-STREAM INFORMATION NETWORK". 1. Based on my limited knowledge it appears that the video and voice part of the process will be based on a proprietary system that would most likely be completely separate from any existing hardware or software a company may already be using. 2. In my estimation anyway it appears that additional hardware and software will be installed in their clients location(s). 3. Another assumption might be that they would have dedicated ISDN or T1 lines or something along those lines installed to handle this type of traffic for it's specific purposes. 4. Another assumption might be that some type of wireless system could possibly be implemented too accomplish the transferring of data streams as they put it. 5. And Ann as you said a investment in COMS or CSCO (assuming this means Cisco NetWare) may be the rule of the day. If anyone is interested you can go to this site to find out more about Cisco NetWare products. cisco.com DISCLAIMER: Remember I am not trying act as some kind of expert here rather offering up my own opinions and suppositions! I personally have not seen any specifications on the Intranet/Internet products that FNTN has and will be putting in to operation. I could assume all year long and at the end of that year that's just what they will be guesses. So like everyone else I will just have take a wait see attitude on the whole matter. Again Ann welcome aboard and hope to see you posting here often. Regards, Bill Fortune III By the way Ann you might find more activity on this FNTN thread: Subject 21871

To: Ann Janssen who wrote (203)	7/7/1998 7:31:00 PM
From: Bill Ham	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 364

Ann, In the near future bandwidth will become much less of a concern and less expensive. One example, dense wavelength division multiplexing can take an optical fiber with approximately 2 GB of bandwidth and increase it to 100 GB. This technology is being deployed now. There are currently companies working on similar technologies for inter/intranets. Other efforts are ongoing for expanding bandwidth on other inter/intranet mediums like coax or twisted pair. As with anything, as time goes by it will get more affordable, and when companies see money in it (which they will) they will jump at the chance to expand the info highway. Just my humble opinion. Bill