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Microcap & Penny Stocks : THNS - Technest Holdings (Prev. FNTN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: don roberson who wrote (7722)	11/3/1998 8:55:00 AM
From: Tomato Man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15313

don, I hate to say this, but part of my job is event planning. So, if people need help with hotels, motels, tickets, places to eat, etc. etc., I will be glad to help. Most of my friends are on Broadway or sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Obtaining tickets are no problem. I can even arrange for transport from mid-town to Ardsley on the day of the meeting. You name it, I can get you started. Tomato Man (feeling like Christmas is almost here)

To: don roberson who wrote (7722)	11/3/1998 9:28:00 AM
From: Wally	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15313

Don: The "exponential" growth of FNTN won't come from fixed-figure contracts, but rather from ongoing sign-ups designed along the same lines as any company's contracts with its current telephony providers. You buy a service because it's better, cheaper and perhaps, offers a unique array of bells and whistles that your company needs to be more successful. You hang on to the service for the same reason. This is what FNTN is all about - so the term "exponential" applies very well here (assuming of course that they get the sign-ups). The contracts never end - they build on each other. The average 40 person brokerage (including non-broker support staff) spends $15,000 per month on telephony charges alone. This is how brokers conduct business. IMO, the hook for FNTN is to guarantee companies savings in this otherwise fixed expense of doing business. FNTN starts making money from telephony alone. Additionally, FNTN is more than half-way there to sell the add-on services to the same client. The brokerage discovers that beyond saving on telephony charges they're picking up leads from the "Distance Learning" products that their also utilizing. They were too small to afford the $5,000 per hook-up with the competition, plus the competition's system demanded a middleman underwriter between the broker and the lead. Now, a better system comes along at a better price and puts them in direct communication with potential clients. It's like renegotiating your own facility lease at a lower dollar figure. It's found money and hard to turn down - especially when your landlord has updated the building and added all sorts of convenience services for your staff and clients. IF they know what the hell they're doing, FNTN could be a major moneymaker. The concept at least, is incredibly good. IF we hear about FNTN signing up even a small handful of these mid-sized companies, you can take it as a great sign. Companies don't take wild chances with their bread and butter. IMO, FNTN will have delivered and delivered bigtime. Next, they take the same basic model and adapt it to 20 other vertical markets with similar communication requirements. We could easily learn to love this company.. IF! Wally