[asterisk-biz] Ovetel Again - here we go !!! ( Partners )

[Alex Balashov]

Or, about ~30% market share if the minutes under discussion are all or  
mostly US->international?

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On Sep 20, 2010, at 7:29 PM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>  
wrote:

> That would imply 5-7% market share, depending on extract traffic
> composition (source and origin), wouldn't it?  (2 bn / 30.5 bn)
>
> On 09/20/2010 07:16 PM, Rizwan Kassim wrote:
>
>> From the FCC's International Traffic Data report:
>> In 2008, there was 74,933,786,026 minutes of traffic out of the  
>> United
>> States to international destinations.
>>
>> That doesn't include intra-US traffic, or traffic from other  
>> destinations.
>>
>> ===
>>
>> In 2008, TeleGeography estimated the total number of international
>> traffic at 366 billion minutes.
>> [http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/strategy/30579-13-percent-of-international-calls-now-go-via-skype
>> - 33billion / .08] That's 30.5 billion minutes a month - not counting
>> domestic traffic!!
>>
>> Whether or not you believe Ovetel is doing that kind of business,  
>> there
>> are folks out there who are. Your perception of the size of the
>> international voice market is misguided.
>>
>>
>> Rizwan Kassim
>>
>> "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our  
>> exploring
>> will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first  
>> time."
>> -- T.S. Elliot
>>
>> “In times of massive change, learners inherit the earth, while the
>> learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world  
>> that
>> no longer exists.”
>> -- Eric Hoffer
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:47 PM, C F <shmaltz at gmail.com
>> <mailto:shmaltz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    That means you would need over 7000 ppl talking 24 hours straight
>>    (10449969/1440 minutes per day)
>>    Sell the crap to someone else
>>
>>
>
>
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> Alex Balashov - Principal
> Evariste Systems LLC
> 1170 Peachtree Street
> 12th Floor, Suite 1200
> Atlanta, GA 30309
> Tel: +1-678-954-0670
> Fax: +1-404-961-1892
> Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/
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