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Technology Stocks : International FiberCom, Inc. (NASDAQ- IFCI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DOUG H who wrote (2164)	4/9/1999 11:43:00 AM
From: Diamondhead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3541

Red Herring Mentions IFCI today - The broadband food chain Yahoo's acquisition of Broadcast.com serves as a forceful reminder that a whole new economic ecosystem is developing to support broadband-speed content. There are hundreds of companies in this space, almost all of which are relatively unknown. A few of these startups will rise to challenge the established players in existing Internet technologies and in broadcast. Consumer portals such as Yahoo, America Online, and Snap are only the most visible players in this space. New-media vertical portals are coming along as well, such as FasTV, On2, and Quokka. Sites like these are partly fed by companies like Virage, which indexes video, and Veon, which has tools and services that convergence content agencies need. This new media requires a new infrastructure. RealNetworks makes a piece of it, as do infrastructure equipment vendors such as SkyStream and International Fibercom. These vendors feed the network access companies that support broadband, from heavyweights like AOL and @Home to relative unknowns like Covad and SoftNet. -Rafe Needleman, Editor