[47994] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EBITDA [was Re: Interconnects]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon May 20 13:13:35 2002
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To: Chris Woodfield <rekoil@semihuman.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 May 2002 12:08:32 EDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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On Mon, 20 May 2002 12:08:32 EDT, Chris Woodfield said:
> Intermedia, for example, was EBITDA positive for all of the time I was working for
> them, yet was bleeding approx. $100 million plus in interest payments per year.
> This created a very real cash crunch that prompted the sale to Worldcom.
I believe the *original* comment was "If they're EBITDA-negative, they're
*really* screwed without more cash(*)".
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
(*) As many dot-bombed discovered when the bubble burst...
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