Re: UKNM: LocalNet

[Sajid Mohammed]

There's a company called LocalNet in Canada, who have a WebTV-style

offering called the LBN Tele-TV Unit. With an unwieldy name like that,

I doubt their marketing abilities.


I'm assuming that these are the people you mean...


In essence, LocalNet reckon that they have a propriety 'twisted pair'

(whatever that means) technology that will allow the transmission of

broadcast-quality video down the phone line. I'll believe it when I

see it. They claim that their product can be upgraded to a full

Pentium PC with the magic addition of their PCMCIA card. They say they

will be implementing a video-conferencing application in the coming

months also.


They are also developing LBN, the LocalNet Broadcast Network which

will provide interactive content for the set-top market.


I'm not aware of any of their activities in this country. Off the top

of my head, I wouldn't even dream of competing against the current

set-top offerings in the market: WebTV, @Home, et al unless I had a

real killer app for the technology. If LocalNet come through with all

their promises, then their real battle is with the logistics of their

operation: MarCom, Fulfilment/Distribution, Credit Control etc.


A superior technology will never succeed in the marketplace unless it

is marketed effectively against the competition. Ask the developers of

Betamax...


Sajid Mohammed


---Eugene Clarke <

eugeneedflex [dot] demon [dot] co [dot] uk

> wrote:

>

> Anyone heard of the above company which seems to be trying to start up

> an NC/Cheap phone network marketing business.

> 

> I've heard of some peopple who sign up and experience long delays in

> admin etc.


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