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.)



--

"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