i was wondering if anyone out there had any strong views? this company appears to be delivering and has just turned EBITA positive after a great trading statement last week. seems like upside to +200p once results are out.

any comments or thoughts would be appreciated.

still rising

yet more good news:

Easynet Group PLC
24 June 2004


24 June 2004

Easynet Group Plc

Recent contract wins demonstrate penetration of
public sector and enterprise markets

UK - Easynet Group Plc (LSE:ESY), ('Easynet' or 'the Company'), the pan-European
broadband networking company, is hosting an analyst 'teach-in' this evening. The
company will take this opportunity to discuss progress in its strategy of
providing enterprise customers with innovative, IP-based wide area networking
solutions. It will also provide an update on its recent success in the
enterprise and public sector markets, as evidenced by multi-year contract wins
totaling in excess of 7.5 million.

Public Sector

Easynet will be delivering secure networking solutions to several public sector
organisations including Slough Borough Council and One North East. Easynet has
been contracted to deliver a portfolio of advanced networking products,
including innovative broadband solutions, data storage and disaster recovery.
This activity underlines Easynet's growing presence in the public sector through
the use of our extensive U.K. network assets and innovative local loop
unbundling product portfolio.

Corporate

Calor is the latest multi-site business to benefit from Easynet's bespoke
network capabilities. Easynet will provide Calor with a high-level, secure VPN
solution which sees 20 main sites and 40 regional sites connected to Easynet's
MPLS network. The solution also incorporates the migration of 120 home workers
to Easynet broadband.

Pan-European

Easynet has signed pan-European contracts with Medeus Pharma and Oil & Vinegar.
Both have contracted with Easynet to provide pan-European networks to multiple
sites in several countries, taking advantage of Easynet's local presence and
capabilities across Continental Europe.

Medeus Pharma has outsourced its European network management to Easynet. It will
use Easynet's high capacity broadband infrastructure for the rapid transmission
of information between its offices across Europe, including those in the UK,
France, Spain, and Germany. Easynet is supplying Oil & Vinegar with a VPN, using
Easynet's pan-European MPLS network, connecting 120 of Oil & Vinegar's
international offices. In both cases the companies will generate significant
cost savings, whilst facilitating their IP centric IT strategies.

David Rowe, Chief Executive Officer, Easynet, said: 'Progress in both the public
sector and in Pan-European enterprise deals has been significant over the last
twelve months, demonstrating Easynet's increasing profile in these areas. Our
sales pipeline remains healthy as customers look to benefit from our MPLS
pan-European network and unbundled local loop assets supported by strong
customer-centric management tools and stringent SLAs.'


-Ends -

Notes to Editors:

Easynet Group

Easynet is a leading pan-European Broadband networking company, providing
customers across Europe with innovative, IP-based wide area networking
solutions.

Easynet is focused on providing IP solutions that enable organisations to
enhance their own profitability. The Easynet European network covers ten
countries, allowing companies to connect all their European sites to a high
quality, secure and reliable IP VPN service with class of service, essential to
the deployment of Voice over IP (VoIP).

Easynet plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Information about Easynet
can be found at
www.easynet.com
.


For further information please contact:

Easynet Group Plc Tel: 020 7900 4700
David Rowe - Chief Executive Officer
Will Gardiner - Chief Financial Officer

GCG Hudson Sandler Tel: 020 7796 4133
Andrew Hayes / Sandrine Boussard

buying opportunity....stock pushed down on no vol after Colt news. ESY totally unaffected. just being dragged down by sector association. BUY BUY BUY!

Just hit the newswires and very upbeat...

Here it is...

Easynet Group PLC
01 July 2004


1 July 2004


Easynet Group Plc

Trading Update



Easynet confident for half year and announces

further progress on enterprise contracts.


London, UK - Easynet Group Plc (LSE: ESY), ('Easynet' or 'the Group'), a leading
pan-European broadband networking company, announces today in its pre-close
trading statement that it continues to achieve strong revenue growth and improve
profitability, and that it is trading in line with expectations. The Group
reiterates its guidance that it will turn free cash flow positive by Q2 2005 and
realise EBIT profitability by the end of 2005. The Group is maintaining its high
gross margins and revenue growth continues apace.



Further recent Enterprise contract wins for our next generation 'IP' data
services include the Ford Motor Company, the Caudwell Group and Ideal Group.



Ford is deploying a broadband network from Easynet to connect around 150 of its
UK dealerships and other trading partners.



The Caudwell Group has recently signed with Easynet to deliver an MPLS VPN
solution. This follows last years contract to connect 340 Phones 4U stores over
a secure, and resilient MPLS Broadband Network.



Ideal Group has contracted Easynet to implement a bespoke and fully managed IP
VPN solution based on Easynet's MPlus network, which will connect nine of Ideal
Group's plants and offices across Belgium, Germany and France.



On the UK Local Loop Unbundling programme Easynet is running slightly ahead of
its roll out programme and expects to shortly announce the completion of its
200th exchange.



Commenting, David Rowe, Chief Executive Officer of Easynet said: 'We are pleased
with progress so far this year and with the take up of our next generation 'IP'
service and products. New contract wins underscore our growing capability in
the Enterprise sector. Our Local Loop infrastructure in the UK and elsewhere is
helping to drive margins and move us into profitability and cash flow generation
next year.'

cheers, i was about to post it as well! anyone bot when they were down? so not CTM at all

expecting come switching into this name from Colt

mentioned in the back of the FT today but i think a bit tarnished by the colt brush (even after a great trading update).

buy on weakness

Also got a very positive review in Shares re the IP teachnology advantage ESY have over competitors

exactly. i still maintain that ESY will be acquired before long. the growth and EBIT positive news will drive stock to 200p over the next 12 months (if not bought!)

yet more good news. no-one can ever argue that management doesn't fulfill it promises and targets...

BUY BUY BUY!

asynet Group PLC
09 July 2004

9 July 2004

Easynet Group Plc
Easynet announces its 200th live unbundled exchange in the U.K.

London, UK - Easynet Group Plc (LSE: ESY), ('Easynet' or 'the Group'), a leading
pan-European Broadband networking company, announces today that it has lit its
200th exchange under the Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) regulation introduced in
December 2000.

David Rowe CEO said: 'We are pleased to announce our 200th live unbundled
exchange in the U.K. We have worked constructively with B.T. to minimise the
difficulties in the process and to ensure that our customers can benefit from
the resilient high speed business Broadband products that we offer through our
local exchanges, either as single connections or as part of a wide area network
solution across our MPLS national or Pan-European network. Our LLU program
enhances our margins whilst providing our customers with innovative and unique
products such as SurestreamTM our Leased Line alternative.'



For further information please contact:

Easynet Group Plc Tel:020 7900 4700
David Rowe - Chief Executive Officer
Will Gardiner - Chief Financial Officer

gcg hudson sandler Tel: 020 7796 4133
James Benjamin / Sandrine Boussard



Notes to Editors:

Easynet Group
Easynet is a leading pan-European Broadband networking company, providing
customers across Europe with innovative, IP-based wide area networking
solutions.

Easynet is focused on providing IP solutions that enable organisations to
enhance their own profitability. The Easynet European network covers ten
countries, allowing companies to connect all their European sites to a high
quality, secure and reliable IP VPN service with class of service, essential to
the deployment of Voice over IP (VoIP).

Easynet Group Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Information about
Easynet can be found at

www.easynet.com

.

i cannot express what an incredible buying opportunity this is at this level. plse refer top my previous posts as to why....

It seems to have been going down since the Deutsche Bank RNS

18/06/04 11:26 Holding(s) in Company RNS

It din't say if it was a buy or sell BUT it looks as if it was a SELL because the price went down.

Do you know if it was a SELL?

Trading Statement in line with expectations, it needed to exceed them to boost the price.

01/07/04 11:30 Trading Statement RNS

Continues to achieve strong revenue growth and improve
profitability, and is trading in line with expectations. This stock is now unfeasibly cheap. I've been looking at the TA this morning and it looks like a bottom at around 92p. I do agree with you proptrade, it's not for the faint hearted but serious upside at this level.

sometimes i feel like i am the only guy pounding the table with this one! cheers for your thoughts joe.

i realise that Nasdaq having a tumple effects the quality and the dross but all that will happen is that these spring back 20% on results or news.

my gut is that this will be aquired before long.

i still maintain 200p as a target and will be adding soon and taking a second mortgage at below 90p!

Cracking little company, but alto telecoms are the markets bad boys at the moment. Imho expect a lot more weakness, target 80p should hold without any more shocks within the sector.However retest of multi year low of 60p should not be ruled out has the negativity within the sector continues.

There is also the lock in period which expires in Sept which will put a drag on the shares. Notice ESY is the only AT down today even FIBS drifted into Blue.

Trouble is, Easynet will not be profitable at the pre-tax level until 2006 and this will have an effect on share price, admittedly less than 1.00 appears very cheap.

In a couple of years from now if profitability is achieved on time and the cash cushion is say 40 million, now may look an ideal time to have bought.

capa

my point exactly. if everything was assured these would be 200p+ and it is all a question of certainty. the fact remains that management in the last 7 years have consistently delivered and there is no reason to start doubting them now.

we may not get back to 2500p a share but noth of 500p over the next 2 years is possible. pick 'em while their cheap!

rgds