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  1. #1
    SMS
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    "http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2007/tc2007101_499889.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology"

    "On average, he estimates, Skype's users pay just 12¢ to 13¢ per month.
    Despite its legal troubles, Vonage (VG) generates $28.38 a month from
    subscribers to its Internet-based phone service."



    See More: eBay admits Skype Mistake, Skype co-founders forced out




  2. #2
    Larry
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    Re: eBay admits Skype Mistake, Skype co-founders forced out

    SMS <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:[email protected]:

    > "http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2007/tc2007101_49988
    > 9.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology"
    >
    > "On average, he estimates, Skype's users pay just 12¢ to 13¢ per
    > month. Despite its legal troubles, Vonage (VG) generates $28.38 a
    > month from subscribers to its Internet-based phone service."
    >


    Dream on....Ebay isn't stupid. Skype was purchased to Ebay's BUSINESS
    could operate across the planet, not to be the center of their business
    model. Ebay is connecting their SELLERS with their BUYERS. Ebay makes
    money every time that happens....



    Larry
    --
    Please - Turn OFF cruise control when
    you turn on windshield wipers!



  3. #3
    Bert Hyman
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    Re: eBay admits Skype Mistake, Skype co-founders forced out

    [email protected] (Larry) wrote in
    news:[email protected]:

    > SMS <[email protected]> wrote in
    > news:[email protected]:
    >
    >> "http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2007/tc2007101_4
    >> 9988 9.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology"
    >>
    >> "On average, he estimates, Skype's users pay just 12½ to 13½ per
    >> month. Despite its legal troubles, Vonage (VG) generates $28.38 a
    >> month from subscribers to its Internet-based phone service."
    >>

    >
    > Dream on....Ebay isn't stupid.


    Nor are they infallible:

    On Oct. 1, eBay confirmed that it overpaid for Skype—by
    nearly $1 billion—and that the popular Web-calling business
    has not performed up to the rosy forecasts set back in 2005.
    In announcing a $1.43 billion charge against profits, eBay
    also revealed a broad management reshuffle in which Skype
    co-founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will be leaving
    their posts.

    --
    Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | [email protected]



  4. #4
    Todd Allcock
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    Re: eBay admits Skype Mistake, Skype co-founders forced out

    At 02 Oct 2007 06:12:49 -0700 SMS wrote:
    >

    "http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2007/tc2007101_4998
    > 89.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology"
    >
    > "On average, he estimates, Skype's users pay just 12¢ to 13¢ per
    > month. Despite its legal troubles, Vonage (VG) generates $28.38 a
    > month from subscribers to its Internet-based phone service."



    Apples and oranges. Unlike Vonage, Skype offers no hardware subsidies,

    and has no telephony related costs for the 200 million "free" Skype-
    to-Skype users.

    (I'm not saying eBay didn't pay waaaay too much for it, just that
    Skype and Vonage aren't in the same business.)



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    "I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
    or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
    all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
    ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003




  5. #5
    Todd Allcock
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    Re: eBay admits Skype Mistake, Skype co-founders forced out

    At 02 Oct 2007 17:58:26 +0000 Larry wrote:

    > Dream on....Ebay isn't stupid. Skype was purchased to Ebay's

    BUSINESS
    > could operate across the planet, not to be the center of their

    business
    > model. Ebay is connecting their SELLERS with their BUYERS. Ebay

    makes
    > money every time that happens....



    That doesn't mean they didn't overpay. They could've just as easily
    built their own "eBrey" VoIP/IM service from scratch (a la Yahoo Voice,
    Google Talk, etc.) for a LOT less money. They obviously intended to
    expand Skype into a full blown VoIP (and still might- heck, they sell
    Skype stuff at WalMart these days- webcams, headsets, USB corded and
    cordless VoIP phones, etc.)


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    "I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
    or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
    all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
    ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003




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