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TiVo is probably not the best example to use here, no TiVo wasn't bought
Cost
TiVo is probably not the best example to use here, no TiVo wasn't bought out, but they do have a major contract with Comcast so that people can choose a TiVo DVR instead of the Comcast DVR. In addition, TiVo is more of a takeover candidate having recently defended its DVR intellectual property.
I was curious about the current $/customer amount. I was going to take a stab at computing it. How did you come up with that figure?
Branding
I don't know that the image of Vonage that most people have matches the image that is portrayed on this board. Vonage spends way to much on advertising for me to believe that the vast heard of sheep that is the public are overly worried about customer service or failed IPO. But, that is just an opinion and I don't have any research to support it.
Location
Cable companies do not want customers outside their locations, but phone companies sure do. The issue with cable companies is the headache of POTS termination, something that is not as problematic for a voice company, though they would still have to work with CLECs in areas where they don't offer service. That is unless Verizon and AT&T worked out a deal to create a subsidiary to manage Vonage and brand it locally in their own regions and keep the Vonage brand internationally.
Litigation
I have seen deals M&A deals worked out specifically to avoid litigation issues. An acquisition by Verizon would make the patent issues disappear.
Anti-takeover
Since Vonage was shopping for a buyer before the IPO I would assume that any anti-takeover provisions are simply to ensure that top management and founding investors get a sweet deal. I saw that in dot com M&A as well.
I am not going to argue that Vonage is a takeover candidate, I wouldn't dismiss it as easily as you did though. Who would have thought that eBay would by *you*know*who* for $2.6 billion?
Read The Full Thread: Vonage buyout: ain''t gonna happen
• A takeover simply is not going to happen. Here are 5 reasons why:
1. Cost Right
• On cost per customer, we actually don't know, because in a rather stunning lack
• They're are so many inaccuracies in what Big Time states that I'm not even going
• No offense, but this posts shows a massive level of ignorance. Skype was bought
• Vonage's pricing was similar to Skype with respect to revenues.
You seem
• Skype has a huge customer base that is only beginning to be tapped. Vonage has a
• Time Warner is giving away AOL services to anybody that has broadband.
Interesting
• How does Vonage have "broadband customers?" Because they sell a service to such
• All of Vonage's customers have broadband. They have also trusted Vonage with
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TiVo is probably not the best example to use here, no TiVo wasn't bought" on 06/23/2006 |
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