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To: Tomato Man who wrote (9999)	1/9/1999 9:10:00 AM
From: don roberson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15313

TM, you are right. I keep seeing RS talk and it wears. Perspective, trying to keep things in perspective. And now I'm putting Wallys cookies together.

To: Tomato Man who wrote (9999)	1/9/1999 9:13:00 AM
From: Bill Fortune III	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15313

Good morning to you Tomato Man. Me too! Talk about reverse splits and dilution is what gets rumors started. And everyone knows what rumors can do to people and companies. Potential investors who come along and do their research might just happen onto a thread like this one and the first post they read is talking about dilution and possible reverse stock splits and bang they are gone and no longer interested. I fully realize that each and every one of us has the right to say what we believe, and we should. But to conjure horror stories that have no bases is in theory helping to kill the messenger (FNTN) in my opinion. I for one will not be caught up in this type of posting. Like you TM I came to the party early and do not plan to leave before it gets going, that is for sure. Best regards, Bill Fortune III

To: Tomato Man who wrote (9999)	1/9/1999 9:27:00 AM
From: BHunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15313

T-Man, Harry and all, T-Man you are right, right , right IMO. To remind you, I became a SH in late November. I had been lurking and getting to know you all for about 3 months. As much as I like the vast majority of you all, it was MANAGEMENT not the thread that pushed me to jump in. All this speculation about what could happen... WHY? We all have that feeling in our stomachs I mentioned last night. Maybe it's there because we are excited. Maybe we are control freaks who can't be happy unless we know every detail (usually me). We MUST TRUST MANAGEMENT. WE ARE NOT MANAGEMENT. Good thing, too IMO. TMAN, As a newcomer, I would love to hear you and others describe what it was like to be here in 97. What did the food smell like then? How is it different? Some seem to smell rancid liver cooking. Others have a stuffed up nose. I smell my precious, departed, grandmother's biscuits cooking. You just can imagine! Harry, I like your idea. No thread appreciates intruders or hypers, but that is exactly how I heard about FNTN. Browsing other threads someone gave a gentle but confident recommendation. Management IS in control IMO. We can not hurt them or ourselves by sharing our enthusiasm. Good Idea. 25 million...M&A....If you can't trust management why would you stay? They said it was for M&A. I agree with TMan. They won't overpay for or IMO even look at something stupid. Siemens...Board Member....duh? Woke up feeling confident, had a double espresso, typed in a post. Hope everyone is going to get what they want sooner than they feared. Long and No Fear, BHunt

To: Tomato Man who wrote (9999)	1/9/1999 11:49:00 AM
From: JOHN WHITE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15313

HELLO Tomato Man, A discussion of FNTN and reverse-share-split seems to be a type of idle gossip of the kind that pops up when we find ourselves waiting and have nothing but time on our hands. While anything is possible, the idea of FNTN doing a reverse split IMO is so remote and counter to what most of us and MS anticipate that it's pointless and ridiculous to seriously consider. When MS has been asked about this he has always flatly rejected it as an option and for several very good reasons. If (as I think) he believes that revenues will grow exponentially and that profits will be trailing very closely behind these revenues I'm sure he believes investors will want to buy into FNTN'S vision of the future and beat a path to acquire a piece of this idea via equity investment. Reverse splits are not logically one of the end results of rapidly expanding sales and revenues. A second topic of discussion that has more credibility in concerning FNTN investors is that of FNTN'S expanding outstanding share count. (I addressed this subject a few months ago when the outstanding share count was around 10 million and my opinion hasn't changed much since then). Most of what we've heard is that this is BAD. But there are potential positives regarding share increase that can off-set some or even most of the negative consequences in FNTN'S case. One of the major prerequisites of mutual funds as they evaluate possible share acquisition is the trading liquidity of the company under scrutiny. Ease of entry and exit of an issue without driving the share's price to extremes is one necessary component in the selection of a mutual fund buying into any stock. Fund acquisition of a company's stock should be viewed as good in spades. Mutual fund purchases help dry the trading float up rapidly causing the shares to sell at premium prices. But IMO the most important aspect of MF buying is that it lends credibility to the company. Mutual funds usually do an exceptionally good job of researching a company's potential future before buying into it. Individual investors know this and are encouraged to follow suit in their purchases of these mutual fund "validated" company's shares. Mutual fund buying can ultimately help create a situation in which a company's share price explodes. I'm aware that there are exceptions to this idea but in general this is how it works. John