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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I doubt anyone on this list remembers this but there was a
long and lengthy discussion on the Asterisk list about Ooma 12 months ago….
Guess what it’s a year later and Ooma are still in business. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic'>So
guess what - today is the 25th of July 2008 and it's exactly 12 months since I
made a bet with </span></font></i><i><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-style:italic'><a
href="http://thethomashowecompany.com/" searchIndex=48 mk_i=48
inner=ThomasHowe sth_t=0>Thomas Howe</a></span></font></i><i><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-style:italic'> that </span></font></i><i><font size=2
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color:blue;font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.ooma.com/" searchIndex=51
mk_i=51 inner=Ooma sth_t=0>Ooma</a> </span></font></i><i><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-style:italic'>would still be in business a year from now.<br
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We bet a steak dinner and it's time to pay up Thomas :)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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href="http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-win-ooma-bet.html">http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-win-ooma-bet.html</a>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dean
Collins<br>
<a href="mailto:dean@cognation.net">dean@cognation.net</a> <br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial'>+1-212-203-4357 (<st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State>) <br>
+61-2-9016-5642 (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:City>)<br>
<a href="http://www.Cognation.net/profile">http://www.Cognation.net</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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