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Re: wcom overbilling


From: Hank Nussbacher <hank () att net il>
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 07:04:31 +0300


At 04:50 PM 06-07-02 +0100, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:

.. which is why I think people (especially US altho it seems to be coming more
the normal in other markets) use EBITDA as it smooths out the bumps even tho the
bumps are still there!

The other nice thing in the telecoms world about EBITDA is the 'D' which seems
to work quite well at hiding losses caused by falling fibre/bandwidth prices!

From Barrons:
EBITDA = Earnings Before I Tricked the Dumb Auditor

-Hank


Steve


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