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To: Cisco who wrote (563)	1/9/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: Cisco	Respond to of 2994

I am going to have to stop posting after I have been up all night. I guess we could have a contest to see who can find the most mistakes in my last post!<g>

To: Cisco who wrote (563)	1/9/1999 5:40:00 PM
From: Frank Buck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2994

Cisco, It is certainly difficult to tell the players here without a scorecard. Let's see if I can create a simpler one....please fill in or alter any voids, errors or ommissions where you or others see fit. Lets start with AIME which is American Interactive Media. AIME markets Internet access /customized content and E-Commerce services. They offer a webPASSPORT Access Network... and Portal is AIME's proprietary Internet access service which is offered to a consortium of groups worldwide. They do this using a UUNET POP(Point of Presence) backbone (infrastructure) server system. UUNNET is an MCI WorldCom Company. They own the physical backbone and will provide the bi-directional transmission capabilities and servers along with daily usage reports.... (which will come in handy to determine monetary pricing points to potential advertisers and such.) Now AIME obviously needed this UUNET relationship to tap into the Internet. The UUNET server has capability to access POPS in the U.S. Canada, Europe and interstingly enough the Asian-Pacific Region. Various ISP (Internet Service Providers) are also part of this connectivity system. Getting back to AIME's Portal which is basically a proprietary Internet access service being offered to a consortium of groups worldwide.This program/service has been developed as a function of a strategic relationship with MMG Direct. From the AIME PR: The program was set up to market custom Internet packages to affinity groups, initially to MMG Direct's client roster. The MMG client base including affinity memberships exceeds thirty million individuals. AIME previously announced its first affinity relationship via MMG with Preferred Consumer Network (PCN), a membership-based discount shopping service. Huh!!!! Sounds a little like double accounting.... but then again I only read the first two sentences 11 or 12 times.<g> The weak link here is the MMG Direct story and their PCN connection. It appears that MMG Direct had some type of agreement with PCN which allowed access to the AIME infrastructure. Now we have been told that RDIM is to acquire PCN... and yes that is slated soon according to the conference call.... sometime in February I too would expect. You said: Also remember on the conference call Eric Bauchman said that the internet navigational site was based in both the US and Singapore. He further said the navigational site would be on other content and provide a world wide site. He claimed the site would be multi-lingual and have more robust features and flexibility than Yahoo or Netscape. In other words an Asian Yahoo? Yes I spoke to Eric Bauchman on a three way conversation call on Friday. (I really had to strain to hear him) but he did mention the analogy of an Asian Yahoo (of sorts) being developd by the Company. Also he informed me that his capacity as a management consultant to the Company will terminate and he has been asked to come on board in a full time capacity. I don't think that surprises too many people. You state: Looks to me, from reading between the lines, that RDIM is going to own a portion of AIME when the dust settles. That does seem like an intersting postulate. I will wait and see before I put my neck on the chopping block and concur.<g> As can be evidenced there are a lot of "moving-parts" to this emerging company and their ambitous plans. We all know that moving parts are subject to malfunctions at their weakest link.... but...someone will eventually accomplish this formiddable task at establishing an E-Commerce Private wholesale Buying Club and establishing a major Portal presence in Asia... and the way I look at it... it very well might be RDIM. As an articulate and awe inspiring author recently wrote on the RDIM Yahoo thread:<grin> "The wall of worry gets steep when you invest deep." I think I recall a conversation with my broker who mentioned something to this effect... ...unless your constantly scaling that wall of worry... something is wrong with your investment choice. Bottom line.... the air is getting thin up here but we are still conscious. The way down is further than the way up and the summit is within our grasp... providing we get more coverage from the likes of the subscribership of the various promotional services. I would like to see some brokerage coverage but I believe we are below their radar screens at this price level. That should hopefully change with the release of the Press Release (due late middle January or so) providing info and the link to the demo site. You said: Makes for interesting reading, doesn't it! Yes if one has micro-surgery assisted vision equipment.<g> Frank