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To: Arthur_Porcari who wrote (158)	5/14/1999 8:56:00 AM
From: lindend	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1440

Arthur, I used to work on DVD software, so I am intimately familiar with MPEG compression/decompression and the standards and companies involved. MPEG4 is an OPEN standard, and Quicktime is the chosen file format. I guess the ISO must have not realized that NCT had an exclusive right to MPEG4 technology when they opened up the MPEG4 streaming file format to ANY developer: sun.com "MPEG's decision to utilize the QuickTime file format for the MPEG-4 specification has huge benefits for users and the industry", said Ralph Rogers, Principal Analyst for Multimedia at Dataquest, San Jose. "This strategy will leverage the broad adoption of QuickTime in the professional media space, speed the creation of MPEG-4 tools and content while providing a common target for industry adoption." Please explain to be how ISO will achieve broad acceptance if NCT has exclusive rights to the technology. Please site another ISO standard that a small OTC BB company has exclusive rights to. Strange that I DON'T see NCT mentioned on any MPEG4 page. Care to explain why? Shouldn't the exclusive owner at least be mentioned? ccir.ed.ac.uk drogo.cselt.stet.it Hmmmm...why does the MPEG4 FAQ say source is available freely to ANY member? drogo.cselt.stet.it What you must remember is that NCT as a Company is only a few months old. Please explain why the MPEG committee would give exclusive rights to the most important compression technology in the next few years to any unknown company with no track record?

To: Arthur_Porcari who wrote (158)	5/14/1999 12:09:00 PM
From: Craig Richards	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1440

Hi Arthur, I spoke with the VP Internet Operations and he tells me that they will have demos of actual streaming clips comparing NCT streaming to MPEG2 and Real Networks "Real Player" in a week or so. I am looking forward to seeing these demos. I hope that the VP Internet Operations keeps his word better than the person responsible for the SEC filings. Re: the Satellite Access technology. So they have high bandwidth data connections over a satellite. Sounds great. Sounds like an expensive product that would appeal to some big companies. Probably not a consumer level product at this point in time due to price. Now why would a large Fortune 500 type company outsource its data access to a small outfit like Satellite Access/NetCommandTech? Why would they choose them over Hughes or Loral or some other large company with lots of satellite experience and know how? None of the information I've read thus far tells me this very important piece of data. Do you know why? If not, why are you so enthusiastic about the prospects? The fact that the stock made a major move up was not caused by or for that matter is not welcomed by management. Then what do you think is responsible for the major move up? Also, if management does not want the stock to go up, why did they announce a stock split? Why haven't they come up with an announcement to temper investor's enthusiasm? The CFO of Microsoft has warned analysts many times to temper their enthusiasm, so why hasn't this been done by NetCommandTech's management? Regards, Craig

To: Arthur_Porcari who wrote (158)	5/14/1999 12:42:00 PM
From: Q.	Respond to of 1440

<<I have spoken with a half a dozen people, both technical and non who were taken out on a yacht 8 miles off shore in the Gulf where they saw the software and protocols both upload and download via the satellite connection. They saw a full length two hour movie download to the hard drive in just a matter of minutes, and then played back full screen, normal speed. To quote them, "it looked like a video tape playing".>> Just curious. Are they sure it wasn't a video tape? Was the horse shampoo demonstrated on this boat ride as well? Did any of these people invest in Bre-X, too? If somebody wanted to pull the wool over somebody's eyes, taking them on a yacht ride and liquoring them up might be a good start, don't ya think?