`The Internet Is The Great Equalizer'
Cyberian Outpost: From zip to $10 million in a year and a half
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In the winding roads of northwestern Connecticut, where the suburbs give way to countryside, browsers traipse through the boutiques that dot Kent's quiet main street. But every day, 7,000 people--twice the town's population--arrive from around the world to visit one shop: a tiny computer store wedged in the back of a sleepy shopping center.
The awning says Cyberian Outpost, but nobody's walking in the door. They're coming instead by the Internet--and spending $1 million a month on computers, peripherals, and software.