To: pat pasquale who wrote (605 ) 3/30/1999 8:37:00 AM From: FFNEODOC Respond to of 1593
I got a response to my request for someone who could read Chinese to interpret the xnet.net.tw/ site for me on the Yahoo XNET board; This was the response of Sucker4¢; "Although my chinese is not great but I could make out some of what it saids. From the bottom circle, it is what we wanted to know, Investor Relation stuff, such as news, quotes, etc... the second circle from the bottom, from what I can understand, it means search engines (like Yahoo, Lycos...)links. The middle circle is Daily news(I think maybe local and world wide). The second to the top circle is what I think is pretty interesting... It said if you have any old stuff that you want to sell, you can post on the Taiwan "flea market" and you can also check out what others have. (With some understanding of Asian living, they don't throw away stuff because it has been used. such as newspaper, cans, containers, etc..., they reuse them) this "flea market" is very similar. The top circle is "Home" page of Xnet, which I can't get to. The website is really fast compared to a lot of other sites like the Alottafun, ACTC... Aboves are my personal interpretation of what I think the web site's button said. It may not be accurate" I was particularly excited about he "flea market" part, could XNET be on the verge of becoming the EBAY of China? They don't have ISP services in Taiwan, but may be establishing a WEB portal through their affiliation with PUNK, could also explain the speed & quality of the site. Excerpt from a PUNK PR; ".. PUNK uses T-3 fiber optic lines with high speed servers piped directly into the backbone of the Internet for the fastest possible access. Its host facility (http://www.hostfacility.com) includes Individual E-mail accounts, High Speed Servers, and Redundant (i.e.: 3 separate lines) T-3 links to the Internet. Each T-3 link is 30 times faster than a T-1 link used by most companies. Added features include Video using VDO, Real Video and No-Downloading Technology, Audio using Real Audio and True Speech, SQL Data Support, Shopping Carts, 24 Hour Emergency Back-Up Power, Custom CGI Scripts supported ; C, Pearl, Java Supported, Secure (SSL) Transactions for Credit Sales, Auto responders and Statistical & Marketing Analysis. Excerpts from the Bensen Capital Report on PUNK follow: -- Unknown Internet Company which is well positioned in the robust web site design and global web hosting markets. -- PUNK expecting client base to expand by 150% based on domestic demand and strategic alliance with Xin Net Corp., a mainland China Internet Service Provider. ..." I have an email out to E. Cheung to clarify some of the issues alluded to in this post.