Roger... I think $22 million is way to optimistic.
What do we know?
Month Switch #1 Quarter Switch #2 Quarter
Jul94 155,000 est 0 Aug94 155,000 est 0 Sep94 155,000 est 465,000 0 0
Oct94 206,000 est 0 Nov94 206,000 est 0 Dec94 207,000 est 619,000 0 0
Jan95 532,000 est 0 Feb95 532,000 est 0 Mar95 533,000 est 1,598,000 0 0
Apr95 494,000 est 0 May95 494,000 est 0 Jun95 494,000 est 1,482,000 0 0
Jul95 843,000 0 Aug95 1,258,000 0 Sep95 1,803,000 3,947,147 0 0
Oct95 2,200,000 est 0 Nov95 3,000,000 est 0 Dec95 4,600,000 est 9,792,192 0 0
Jan96 5,000,000+ 0 Feb95 ? 0 Mar95 ? 12,000,000+ ? ?
We see that it took quite a while for Switch #1 to reach 1 million a month. We know Switch #2 came online on March 1, so there is no way in the world they are going to get 5 million in the very first month.
We do know that overcapacity at switch #1 that was being transferred to competitor switches will now go to switch #2. This means we will have one month in this quarter with better margins. The next quarter should be great... switch number #2 operational for the whole quarter and no more $575,000 legal payments. If anyone can replace some of the estimates with actual numbers please post.
John |