internet.com Releases Critical Report On the State of the ISP Market.Business & Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001 internet.com's (Nasdaq: INTM INTM Interrupt Mode ) allNetResearch.com (http://allnetresearch.internet.com) released a critical study last week analyzing the state of the crowded Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) marketplace. internet.com, together with Edgix Corp. and Insight Express LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , surveyed more than 1,000 visitors to ISP-Planet (http://www.isp-planet.com), an internet.com property, in order to determine how ISPs plan to survive and thrive in today's market. The study, The ISP Market: Challenges and Strategies for the Future, concluded that service providers recognize offering basic dial-up access hot Dial-up access is a form of Internet access via telephone line. The client uses a modem connected to a computer and a telephone line to dial into an Internet service provider's (ISP) node to establish a modem-to-modem link, which is then routed to the Internet. is not enough anymore. Shrewd ISP operators are actively diversifying revenue sources by initiating broadband platform programs and deploying value-added services. The full report is on sale at a special introductory price of $195 on allNetResearch (http://allnetresearch.internet.com) through April 30, 2001. For more information or to order this report go to http://allnetresearch.internet.com/item/0,3008,2165381_1,00.html. This study is the latest in a series of research reports produced by internet.com Corporation as it expands its media offerings beyond online content. The company has filed a preliminary proxy statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be renamed INT Media Group to better reflect its products and services which also include offline seminars and research services. The ISP Market report follows other recently released studies including Linux: You Get What You Pay For?, which is available at http://allnetresearch.internet.com/item/0,3008,2156311_1,00.html and Ready...or Not? IT Professionals Find Promise and Problems With the Wireless Web, which can be purchased at http://allnetresearch.internet.com/item/0,3008,2090641_1,00.html. About allNetResearch allNetResearch.com, part of the internet.com network, is one of the most complete marketplaces for Internet and IT research on the Web. With reports that cover eCommerce, computing and Internet services, Internet marketing See Internet advertising. , demographics, telecommunications and wireless, Internet finance and international, prospective clients can retrieve descriptions of publications and tables of contents, as well as buy reports online. About internet.com internet.com Corporation (http://www.internet.com), the Internet & IT Network, is headquartered in Darien, CT. It is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. for Internet industry and information technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com owns and operates a network of over 160 Web sites, nearly 300 e-mail newsletters and over 400 online discussion forums that generate over 275 million page views monthly. Total "views", which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now over 350 million per month. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. NetRatings, internet.com has 4.3 million unique users in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. alone. Over 25% of internet.com's views are from outside of the U.S. internet.com's global presence includes editions for Arabia, Asia, Australia, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom. internet.com also produces over 20 offline seminars on Internet and IT-specific topics that are aligned with our network of Web sites and e-mail newsletters. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements in this press release which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties address a variety of subjects including, for example, the competitive environment in which internet.com competes; the unpredictability of internet.com's future revenues (including those resulting from online advertising on internet.com's network of Web sites and related Internet media properties), expenses, cash flows and stock price; internet.com's investments in international and venture investments; any material change in internet.com's intellectual property rights and continued growth and acceptance of the Internet. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and uncertainties, refer to internet.com's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date of this press release, and internet.com assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements after the date hereof. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion