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To: DR. MEADE who wrote (14486)	2/19/1999 1:45:00 PM
From: Kenneth R. Moss	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22810

DR. MEADE, Please check your PM. Regards, Ken Moss

To: DR. MEADE who wrote (14486)	2/19/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: DR. MEADE	Respond to of 22810

Out of lurk for one second . Worth repeating **** For future reference ***** ISP News ------------------------------------------------------------------------ High-Speed ISPs In Fast-Paced Battle January 21, 1999 By Michele Masterson InternetNews.com Associate Editor ISP News Archives The current series of mergers between high-speed Internet service providers and technology partners, such as @Home and Excite, will leave ISPs scrambling to come out on top of the high speed heap. The Strategis Group Inc. study, "High-Speed Internet: Demand, Technology, and Strategy," finds that companies are moving towards consolidating in providing home and business high-speed Internet connections. The report predicts that by the end of this year there will be more than 1 million cable modem users and nearly 70,000 residential DSL subscribers. "While high-speed Internet access is seen today as an enhanced service, in the future it will become de rigeur," said Elliott Hamilton, director of US telecom consulting at The Strategis Group. "Players without a high-speed strategy will be left behind." The report also says ISPs will have to offer their customers more before they will be able to increase prices for the new services. "Since they will be paying more for faster access, subscribers will demand a greater return on their investment," said Matt Page, director of Internet consumer research at The Strategis Group. "This return will come in the form of enhanced content and greater, more secure commerce opportunities." The report cites examples in the consolidation trend among ISPs, telcos, cable providers and Internet content providers: in addition to @Home/Excite, there is also recent deals such as AOL/Bell Atlantic, @Home/RealNetworks and AOL/Netscape. CNET portal Snap! has also partnered with several ISPs. "It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate telephone companies, cable TV providers, ISPs, and Internet content providers into distinct Internet business plans," said David Eiswert, director of high-speed Internet research at The Strategis Group. N

To: DR. MEADE who wrote (14486)	2/19/1999 11:57:00 PM
From: J. Williams	Respond to of 22810

Thank you, your comments are appreciated by me and many others. May the force be with your projections...even if I don't agree. Have a good weekend. J Williams

To: DR. MEADE who wrote (14486)	2/23/1999 3:13:00 AM
From: JP Jouver	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 22810

Unfortunately, they induced so much negativity, that it did drive the price down. (wiping a tear from my eye) Oh, that had to be the funniest thing I've heard this year. Thanks, Mags. You know, I see a raging argument here between "bashers" and "hypers". Everyone is pointing fingers and trying to make it personal. I've been here in NPEC for years, so let me offer my little character test: It's not negativity that makes you a basher or high hopes that makes you a hyper, it's how long you've been on the thread, singing that particular tune, that makes you so. If you've just appeared out of the blue with these unshakable opinions, then I would label you as one or the other. If you've been around for a long time and have lots of experience with the stock, then you are just expressing your opinion. So J.Nelson, grantsi, and the others have been here for over a year and have experienced (like me) NPEC's lack of auditied financials, lack of credibility in following-through on predicted news releases, and lack of basically ANYTHING they've said they would do. The stock has been below .05 for a loooong time. Is it really conceivable that they are trying to talk a .05 stock down??? MEADE, sunset, Michael Craig, and some of the other fanatic supporters of NPEC are all relative newcomers who have only been around for the latest price pump. If any of you want to gain any credibility, then stick around (although I seriously doubt that will happen). Saying that the "bashers" drove the price down is laughable. The price has BEEN down for years. It's much more realistic to say that your combined screams of "NPEC will be HUUUUGE!!!" have blipped the price up a bit and now it is settling back down as predicted news, etc. has (once again) not come to pass. Just my .02 (or .5 shares of NPEC!). ;-) Jape