> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sudhir Kumar > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [asterisk-biz] Vonage Files IPO > > Some of you might have seen this story, but many of you might not. > > http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/tech/telecom/10267272.html > > I found it quite surprising that Vonage had $174 million revenue but > $176.3 million in marketing expenses alone for 9 months of > 2005. Even if we completely discount the marketing expenses, > they still had a net operating loss of $13.3 million for 9 months. > > With big telcos and cable operators aggressively entering > VoIP market and smaller Asterisk powered providers chipping > away business from cost conscious consumers as well as > businesses, do you think Vonage has long term potential > despite their early success?
Snip.... > More importantly, what do you think will be a successful > business model > for us small VoIP providers? > > -- sudhir > My favorite: Post to Asterisk-[Biz,Users] ?????? Profit!!!! > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
