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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Of course that on the books.. 20 times is
all e currencies..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Most companies actually sell and buy for
actions and less then 0.5% cash.. look at how much skype was bought for. And how
much in cash.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Still.. once you are bug you can do it all…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I remember paypal when it started.. and
ebay was pushing the company trough its auction payment systems…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Should of bought them early on . …
lol<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Henry Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:53
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Commercial
and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [asterisk-biz] All
users get free USA/Canada calls</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The bottom line is how much does it cost to get a
customer <br>
<br>
So here's an example of the maths, its inaccurate but it shows the principle
....<br>
The average guy spends $10 per month on Skype and there 1,000 ,000 of
them<br>
That's $10 million per month or $120 million a year <br>
Healthy companies trade between 20-40 times earnings, therefore the book value<br>
of the company is (conservatively) $2.4 billion if you want to buy all its
shares.<br>
Now if the company is worth $2.4 billion and has a 10% asset base and one<br>
million customers each customer must be worth about $1100. <br>
So they can afford to give away $1100 per year or $80 per month just to have
you as a customer.<br>
Going back to the original guy who spends $10 per month (maybe $20 if its free)
the company <br>
increases in value by $1100 - $240 ($20 x 12 months) = $860 every
time they sign up a new customer .<br>
Of course there is some attrition but that is all factored into the
equation.<br>
<br>
Henry <br>
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<br>
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">John</st1:PersonName> Scully wrote:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I was once in a sales meeting where a guy doing a
presentation countered an argument that we <br>
would be giving the product away for free by saying <br>
"Yes, but we will make it up on volume!" <br>
Perhaps he works for Skype now. <br>
<br>
<br>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Phillips" <a
href="mailto:g7ltt@g7ltt.com"><g7ltt@g7ltt.com></a> <br>
To: "<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
Discussion</st1:PersonName>" <a
href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com"><asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com></a>
<br>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:02 PM <br>
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] All users get free USA/Canada calls <br>
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All this just to win over customers. <br>
<br>
On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 18:41 +0200, Wilson Pickett wrote: <br>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14586267.htm">http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14586267.htm</a>
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"<st1:City w:st="on">SAN JOSE</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Calif.</st1:State>
- Skype, eBay Inc.'s Internet telephone subsidiary, <br>
has stopped charging users for dialing up people on traditional <br>
landline and mobile phones in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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The Internet telephone service, which has always offered free PC-to-PC <br>
calls around the world, said Monday it will offer its SkypeOut service <br>
for free until the end of the year. Previously, Skype users paid about <br>
2 cents a minute for calls to landline and mobile telephones." <br>
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Henry L.Coleman [ VoIP-PBX ] Tel.1 866 415-5355 Ext.301<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></div>
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