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To: Jenna who wrote (22419)	1/19/1999 4:30:00 PM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

BW-Internet Growth Crucial to Equities Center for Internet commerce. Only thing I don't like is their referring to NSOL as a 'young upstart'... AUSTIN, TEXAS (Jan. 19) BUSINESS WIRE -Jan. 19, 1999--As Internet stocks soar to values that make many traditional analysts cower with trepidation, others defend the lofty stock prices with a figure of similarly vast proportion. Internet Traffic Few argue that traffic and growing usage by consumers is an essential component to Internet equities but it has been more than mildly suggested that for many investors, expected traffic and use are the main criteria. Internet equities such as America Online (NYSE:AOL), Earthlink Network (Nasdaq:ELNK), GO2 Net Inc. (Nasdaq:GNET), Mindspring Enterprises (Nasdaq:MSPG), and search engines Excite Inc. (Nasdaq:XCIT) and Infoseek Corp. (Nasdaq:SEEK) are among a throng of companies many investors perceive to be staples of the Internet in the near future, if not already. "Each day, thousands upon thousands of new people gain access to the Internet and the companies who are establishing an early presence there, " said C.I.C. spokesman, Zeke Matters. "The Web is still very much a frontier." However, each day the frontier is joined by upstarts and others looking to cash in on red-hot trends such as e-tail. They join "established" presences such as USWeb (Nasdaq:USWB), Broadcast.Com (Nasdaq:BCST), Network Solutions (Nasdaq:NSOL), Xoom.Com (Nasdaq:XMCM), At Home Corporation (Nasdaq:ATHM), and Internet America Inc. (Nasdaq:GEEK) -- companies whose publicly traded lifetimes range from several years to just a few months. "Certainly, traffic is imperative to most sectors of Internet-dependent companies," added Matters. "But as the field crowds, investors are also looking for historical precursors to success such as solid management, sound marketing and other components." "Investors must become more and more knowledgeable to help in the decision-making process," added Matters. "Due diligence is essential and coincidently, the advent of the Internet has simplified that process. Hopefully, investors will take advantage." Additional information relative to the aforementioned equities has been archived at the C.I.C.'s free Web site located at www.e-tail.org. Users of the site will also be given access to free real-time quotes, Internet Indexes and news. Information relative to tangent industries such as computer networks and communications has also been archived at the site. Users will find information and imperative data related to Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO), Novell Inc. (Nasdaq:NOVL), Applied Microsystems Corp. (Nasdaq:APMC), Computer Networks Tech (Nasdaq:CMNT), PSINet Inc. (Nasdaq:PSIX), Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) and Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM). The Center for Internet Commerce has also added access to a free download that allows a user to test their personal computer's Y2K compliance as well. The site may be accessed completely free of charge at www.e-tail.org from anywhere on the World Wide Web. The C.I.C. is a free, informational outlet designed as a service to a quickly growing industry. The creators of this site hold no public opinion of any publicly traded equity and usage of the free site shall constitute agreement to hold harmless the creators for any information contained therein. -0- sw/sa* CONTACT: The Center for Internet Commerce,