[Asterisk-Users] Skype purchased by Ebay 2.6 Billion

[Chris HARIGA]

Matt wrote:

>anyone knows how skype provide world wide call service to regular phones by
>voip at such low rate?
>
>is this by partnerships with various * isps?
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>Best Regards
>
>Matt
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Race Vanderdecken" <asteriskusers at codetyrant.com>
>To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'"
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>Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:38 PM
>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Skype purchased by Ebay 2.6 Billion
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>>Hmmm,
>>
>>Let me see.
>>
>>"Skype has 54 million registered users that the online retailer
>>eBay can add to its marketing arsenal. The initial payment of $2.6
>>billion values those registered users at just more than $48 each"
>>
>>Skype has current revenue of about $60,000,000 a year.
>>
>>$60,000,000 divided by 54,000,000 customers = $1.11 dollars per
>>customer per year.
>>
>>So, eBay just paid $48 for a customer that generates $1.11 a
>>year. That is 43 years for eBay to get back their money if each customer
>>continues at the current rate.
>>
>>But somehow eBay is going to get these fanatic spenders to spend
>>more money. My 15 year old son has Skype account and buy/sells on eBay.
>>So that is one new customer they won't get.
>>
>>If you take the normal mass mailing return rate of about 3% and
>>apply it here then eBay just paid $2,600,000,000 for 1,620,000 customers
>>or
>>$1,604 per realistic paying customer.
>>
>>Wasn't AOL going to take control of the internet with its buy of
>>Time Warner?
>>Wasn't Sony going to control the Walkman world with its buy of
>>the Movie and Song Catalogs?
>>Wasn't Amazon.com going to control not only the online book
>>market but also all the catalog stuff?
>>
>>These guys at eBay are not very bright, They must be in there
>>twenties or something.
>>
>>This is the same Hype, rhymes with Skype, which we all heard in
>>the 90's and during the crash. "We no have 100 zillion customers that
>>have our service for free and they will begin to pay us money for the
>>free service and we will control the world and get rich by giving things
>>away!"
>>
>>"How you ask, while we will pay $1600 per customer, charge them
>>nothing, and make if up in the fantastic volume pricing we are going to
>>do."
>>
>>sad, and I thought the government (pick Local, County, State,
>>Federal) doing a bad job after Katrina was the only disaster this week.
>>
>>
>>Race "the tyrant" Vanderdecken
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Arbinet :)

Best regards,

Chris HARIGA