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Art, as long as you're going out on a limb (lol), do you think anything will happen before year's end?
Thanks.
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I have to concur, Zardiw.
She blindly refutes anything--even the most reasonable, credible, and evenly keeled posts on this board (aka posts by Art).
You can only harp relentlessly (and arrogantly) on a worn-out theme for so long before most rational people will begin to question your intentions, if not your sanity.
...kind of sounds like a whacko liberal, the more I think about it.
:-]
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Reply from Megas!
Many returns for your upbeat sentiment. The future should prove revealing. Actually have many new details, would love to share if I had more time---can only spare so many words as I have 7,432,289,245,021 more shareholder emails to answer, not to mention the 2,300,342 voice mails in my cell queue (so far the lion's share of these is from that lakers17 chap). cheers!
:-]
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Chas and Allez
Thanks. I guess I just felt the need to comment. Their posts were getting a little depressing. I agree it's not worth fretting about for long.
Full steam ahead.
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Thanks, Art
Sorry if I implied you know more than Megas. I should have said end-all *non-insider* source for BCIT info.
Thanks for your frank answer to my question. I'll cease my preoccupation with the two "hobbyists." :]
Good luck to us all.
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Question for Art...
Your board has been a major part of my life (lol) since the BCIT saga began--when I decided to dive in for the ride.
I now await like everyone else with hope for the best.
As I check in regularly and follow the endless banter, I do wonder about the aims of Jim Bishop and janice shell.
While they post with impressive authority, they also exhibit the classic relentlessness of organized bashing, all-the-while claiming an innocent joy for researching stocks in which they apparently hold no financial interest.
Somewhere in the unending chain of posts that is this board, I got the impression that you personally invited these two individuals into the fray.
1. Is that accurate? (that you invited them?)
2. Do you believe they are credible?
I view you as the end-all source of sound information on BCIT. Sincere thanks for all you have done to bring BCIT and its ongoing developments to our attention.
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Got it.
Thanks 2nd Mil and X-Fortune 500.
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X-Fortune 500, re Business Plan...
1. Thanks for the info.
2. Where is it? I didn't see anything on their web site about it.
Again, TIA.
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Can someone direct me to financials for Plasticon? I read where they announced profitability recently, and that they are undergoing audits to qualify for otcbb, but does any documenation exist right now showing quarterly/annual progress?
Thanks much in advance.
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News... (see other board)
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Surely, this warrants much more severe reaction than shareholder complaints to the author of this article.
I would think legal action by GTE is in order.
If the article is not true (everything we currently know suggests it is false), then it could be interpreted as maliciious, in which case, the writer of the article should, at the very least, lose his job. JMO
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stocktrader1, Do you suffer from multiple personality disorder? Or perhaps you are a manic-depressive? Or do we need a new medical definition, like "stock-sentiments-tied-to-normal-price-swings-syndrome"?
LOL. Sorry TechBear. Couldn't help myself.
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Thanks CPMAC. 00
What does GD stand for? (Other than the obvious.)
Thanks. 00
PTSC News...
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050615/155935.html?.v=1
ICDT News - I bought some of this after catching a tip on this board.
Seems to be a big-thinking company.
Here's link:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050524/nytu133.html?.v=10
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Video link to Discovery Channel piece is in Rocky's information header. And it works.
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Full Motley Fool Article...
Wireless Goes Sky-High
By Rich Duprey (TMF Cop)
April 21, 2005
Bringing wireless high-speed Internet access to the masses, whether they are in cities, on the plains, in the bush of Africa, or the outback of Australia, is a goal of the recently unveiled WiMax technology I discussed yesterday. Yet one of the problems mentioned was cost, and not just for the chips but also for the transmitters. Intel's (Nasdaq: INTC) entry into the WiMax chip market should help with the former, but the latter still represents a hurdle, and even with a range of 30 miles (at best), more towers will need to be built.
But what if that 30-mile coverage area could be exceeded exponentially? That's the hype surrounding the unveiling of the Stratellite, a lighter-than-air dirigible being built by Sanswire Networks, a subsidiary of GlobeTel (OTC BB: GTEL). According to the company, it has further capabilities of also providing wireless voice, video, and data services, and it believes it could have military applications as well.
The idea behind the Stratellite -- and it's just an idea as the company only has a prototype that it hopes to begin testing at Edwards Air Force Base in mid-summer -- is to have non-flammable, helium-filled blimps fly some 13 miles (65,000 feet) up in the stratosphere. From that altitude, which is above the turbulence of the jet stream and below the flight path of actual satellites, the dirigibles would each be able to provide coverage areas of some 300,000 square miles, approximately the size of Texas. The shark-shaped blimps are expected to be smaller than the Goodyear (NYSE: GT) blimp, and would feature a flatter nose than is commonly associated with dirigibles. They would be kept in orbit by electric motors powered by solar cells and would remain aloft for about 18 months before being brought down for servicing.
Companies like GlobeTel are too small, untested, and speculative to be considered as investment possibilities in Hidden Gems, the Motley Fool's small-cap newsletter. Yet it was on the newsletter's dedicated discussion boards that the idea was first broached, and where other, more investment-worthy companies are discussed, analyzed, and dissected every day.
So let's be clear: This is a highly speculative idea from a highly speculative, penny-stock company. I would not consider investing in it anytime soon, not until the company has proven itself. As I said, the company doesn't even have an actual Stratellite built yet, only a prototype, and it needs to jump over a lot more hurdles before it can become a working business. Not only does it need approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly its blimps, but it also has to get permission from NASA and the Air Force. While the company says its airships are airworthy, that still remains to be seen. The stratosphere, while largely unused, is also untested for such aircraft.
Let's also not forget the stunning failure of Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) Iridium spin-off project, which is still costing the company millions in legal fees from lawsuits filed over its demise. Satellite telephones were supposed to be the next big thing of the 1990s as markets opened in China and the former Soviet Union. They were supposed to bring mobile communications to every corner of the globe. Iridium launched 66 communications satellites into orbit, but ultimately went bankrupt. Globalstar was another front-runner in the race, launching an additional 48 satellites before it, too, declared bankruptcy. A third company, Teldesic, had planned to launch as many as 288 satellites but could never generate any backing after Iridium and Globalstar failed. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Boeing's (NYSE: BA) McDonnell Douglas also took a hit as their investment in launch vehicles to put all those satellites into space came to naught.
GlobeTel says one of the benefits of the Stratellite is the lower cost of the dirigible compared to satellites. It estimates one of its blimps will be about one-tenth the cost of a satellite -- $25-$30 million versus $250 million. With an ambitious goal of dozens, if not hundreds of Stratellites, it's going to need more than the $29 million in revenues it earned all of last year. Losses for 2004 totaled $13 million.
Stratospheric telecommunications is an interesting subject, and it is fun to think about its potential, but it's definitely not one I'd be wagering any of my money on anytime soon.
News: New Motley Fool Article
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05042123.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
newguy
Why do you keep posting on GTEL boards in a manner that demands answers from the other investors?
There is no obligation upon the members of this board (or Rocky) to provide answers/solutions to apparent disappointments you have in the company.
None of us have guaranteed you anything.
Why not direct your frustrations to the company?
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Is it just me or does anyone wonder where Rocky is...
His absence at the beginning of this week -- of all weeks -- is a little unexpected to say the least.
The bashing going on here is absolutely dispicable.
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Rocky, In "Report TOS Violation" what does the TOS stand for?
Thanks. 00
Sebass, Caradoc...
Thanks for keeping up the good fight.
Got a question others may be asking right now.
Is it not possible to permanently block bashers from posting here, or do you have to continually catch and remove their postings?
Onward GTEL. Thanks.
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Scope of Sanswire's Web site...
Just visited sanswire.com for umpteenth time and realized that the scope of market/customer base may warrant updating. Both the Introduction and Market Analysis sections focus on North America with mention of a "National Wireless Broadband Network."
Obviously, GlobeTel has much broader scope in its vision for Stratellites.
Rock:
1. I love this board.
2. Do you know of plans to update this content? If not, I'd be glad to make a suggestion to the company with the email address you feel would be most effective.
Go GTEL.
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StockGuru
I agree that we don't know where the price will go from day to day. And I try to tell myself every day that I am long to the moon on this unique company.
However, I still am human. Seeing positive signs/reasons/eanalysis that the stock is, on an average, headed up rather than down can make the difference between a good or a bad day for me.
As Rocky advocates, I try not to look to this board for minute-by-minute price status. However, rational reinforcement of good things to come will always peek my interest.
If it's any consolation, I would rather be more like you, able to put current price out of mind for longer periods of time.
Just can't keep my mind off the amounts of money that can be made in a day with GTEL!
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