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To: JCinTC who wrote (2341)	7/17/1998 11:12:00 AM
From: Michael B Smith	Respond to of 44908

this is a repost of a new trial member. To: Michael B Smith From: Mike Benda (Trial Member) Friday, Jul 17 1998 11:01AM ET Michael, I am a trial member and cannot post. Add my small 8000 share stake @ .34 to the pot. Mike Benda

To: JCinTC who wrote (2341)	7/17/1998 11:34:00 AM
From: Jim B	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44908

welcome aboard.. yes, I too think the website will convince alot of people to change their minds and decide to add TSIG to their porfolios and hold for the marketing and sales promotions that will start in the weeks ahead.. jim

To: JCinTC who wrote (2341)	7/17/1998 12:48:00 PM
From: Martin E. Frankel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44908

Hi JC, << Currently news on the net is what will move this stock up or down. >> I believe your post is valid... especially regarding the time frame ("Currently"). At this point, investors can only sit back and watch the day-traders, short-term traders, and MMs do their thing... and look for spots to add to their investment. The only problem is that none of us know when the next big PR will occur. I do find it amusing that many have jumped all over the PP... questioning on one hand whether it will ever occur and accusing Mr. Gordon of telling "untruths" (I think the actual existence of the CCI website strongly indicates otherwise)... and then saying look at the additional dilution that will occur from a PP. You can't have it both ways. People who do PP's are not public benefactors. They are people willing to make a major investment with the idea of getting a large return... and they will only do it if they believe the company can and will succeed. I know of very few companies that succeeded without venture capital involvement or angels or perhaps insiders putting in their own money and becoming an angel. If any of these posters would like to make a contribution to TSIG, I'm sure it would be welcomed... but it won't be tax deductible <VBG>. In order to grow, every start-up or turn-around company needs funds and that requires stock issuance. But, if $1000 of new money can produce $100,000 of new sales and growth of the bottomline, then I, for one, don't see any new stock issuance that occurs as being a negative. I see it only as a positive, but that's my opinion. << The next phase for this stock will be a the launch of the web site & real world buying coming in. >> I agree, but I also think too many people are focusing on the sector du jour and forgetting about what, IMHO, will be one of the biggest money-makers for TSIG... the telephonic services division. There appears to be little competition in this area, TSIG has all new state of the art equipment, the old management is gone, and the new management is, based on their biblios, quite experienced in this field. IMO, when the "real world" comes in, there will be more long-term investors and fewer traders... at least on a percentage basis. The CCI competition is, IMO, going to get hurt by CCI, but, even more importantly, the competition could actually be considered "single niche" companies... ie: they have one product. TSIG, on the other hand, has other irons in the fire as well and is sort of a "conglomerate". In my opinion, that is a major plus for TSIG, and again, IMHO, bodes very well for its long term future. Best always, Marty

To: JCinTC who wrote (2341)	7/17/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: Lane Hall-Witt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44908

Just my opinion, but I think the launch of this site is going to generate a huge amount of news. The scenario I picture is: the first wholesaler enters the online music segment to compete with the retailers, who have been making a killing on the market. All of a sudden pricing readily available to all consumers is slashed 30-40 percent ($16-17 to $12). Where are the margins? Are retailers like K-Tel, CDNow, N2K, Amazon, etc., really strong enough brands -- or adding enough value -- to maintain firm control over pricing and margins? Doubtful. Are all these retailers viable in a universe of wholesale pricing? Personally, if I were long on KTEL, CDNW, etc., I'd be pretty nervous right now. I bet in Sept-Oct we'll see WSJ picking up the story. They won't tell this as the story of a piddling little BB stock like TSIG, of course. Their storyline will be the squeeze faced by the existing high flyers. Will the online CD retail market survive, etc., etc.? But TSIG will emerge from the background as the company that is driving the pricing game, and that'll doubtless generate widespread interest in the company. That's ultimately how we'll see the real-world investors enter the TSIG market. It's too good a story to miss, and it goes right to the heart of a major market phenomenon: the high-flying Internet retailers. The challenge for TSIG will be asserting their brand in the retail space, which traditionally is difficult for wholesalers.