The Net’s popularity has spurred a trickle-down effect in the computer
industry, and even companies not usually identified with the Internet are
learning quickly how to get their share.
Trickle-down success stories
Netcom takes high road
Leading Internet service provider Netcom (NETC) is making a radical departure
from the industry pricing standard today by increasing its monthly access fee
instead of decreasing it, effectively abandoning the home market for Net access
Digital Delivers Powerful New Internet Business Solutions
Digital Equipment Corporation (NYSE: DEC) today introduced new Internet
Business Solutions targeted at three high-growth Internet market segments –
Internet Service Providers (ISPs), corporate intranets and Internet commerce.
The introductions are part of Digital’s focus, “bringing business to the
Internet,” at the Internet World trade show here. Digital’s new solutions
enable ISPs to bolster performance and reliability of their services and
infrastructure.


