Monthly Archives: June 2001
Net-Wear Sells
Since July 1995, Lands End, a quiet Wisconsin catalog retailer, has been selling clothes on the Internet and making money at it."If you are...
Comcast
Comcast and some of its competitors have seen a stock bounce this year, causing analysts to see basic cable service as recessionproof. Thats good...
Nucentrix Broadband Networks
Theres the Nucentrix Broadband Networks of today, and then theres the Nucentrix Broadband Networks of the future."We are basically two companies, new and old,"...
Backbone Carriers
If measured strictly by the number of Internet service provider connections, WorldCom remains the leading backbone provider, followed by Sprint and Cable & Wireless....
E-Sign of the Times
Mighty morphin internet billboards are coming to a mall near you.I-Open, a Pennsylvania company, has developed a technology that allows retailers such as Saks...
Operator No. 9: June 4, 2001
Brilliance — and BeerEvery few months, I get an e-mail pointing me to one of the many pages claiming to be the "last page...
The Microsoft Network
By leveraging Microsofts brand name, market influence from its leading Explorer Web browser and a massive pocketbook, not to mention copying other Internet service...
Prodigy Communications
Prodigy Communications, one of the worlds first Internet services, has remarkable brand recognition and a footprint that makes it accessible to more than 90...
Excite@Home
To reach the finish line in todays internet service provider race, you need speed and staying power. At Home, which has 3 million home...
Hairy Go-Round
It was fun while it lasted. The "irrational" exuberance that comes with new discoveries and unlimited dreams has given way to a hard-headed realism...