<div>From the FCC's International Traffic Data report: </div><div>In 2008, there was 74,933,786,026 minutes of traffic out of the United States to international destinations.</div><div><br></div><div>That doesn't include intra-US traffic, or traffic from other destinations. </div>
<div><br></div><div>===</div><div><br></div><div>In 2008, TeleGeography estimated the total number of international traffic at 366 billion minutes. [<a href="http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/strategy/30579-13-percent-of-international-calls-now-go-via-skype">http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/strategy/30579-13-percent-of-international-calls-now-go-via-skype</a> - 33billion / .08] That's 30.5 billion minutes a month - not counting domestic traffic!!</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>
<br></div>Rizwan Kassim<br><br>"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."<br>-- T.S. Elliot<br><br>“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.” <br>
-- Eric Hoffer<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:47 PM, C F <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shmaltz@gmail.com">shmaltz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
That means you would need over 7000 ppl talking 24 hours straight (10449969/1440 minutes per day)<div>Sell the crap to someone else<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div>