Vonage IPO

mesowarny writes "The street writes: Vonage Holdings, moved to become the first major Internet telephony player to go public by filing Wednesday to raise up to $250 million via an initial offering of stock and named a Tyco International executive as CEO. Our revenues were $18.7million in 2003, $79.7million in 2004, and $174.0 million for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2005," the company's prospectus says."While our revenues have grown rapidly, we have experienced increasing net losses, primarily driven by our increase in marketing expenses. From the period of inception through Sept.30, 2005, our cumulative net loss was $310 million. Our net loss for the nine months ended Sept.30, 2005, was $189.6million. During the same nine-month period, our marketing expenses were $176.3million."

Comments

Should be Vonage "VOIPO"

[dotslashdot]

Shouldn't this be Vonage VOIPO? You need the right tone in the title. I mean come on!

What do you call Vonage three way calling?

[Anonymous Coward]

vonage-à-trois

Re:lost me on the pronunciation

[zolaar]

The other day I decided to rummage through my rather extensive coinage collection. Noting one that much more shiny than the rest of the otherwise average lot, I reached for it to get a closer look. No sooner did my left hand touch its surface than a horrific voltage streaked up my hand and through my entire left appendage. Everything went black.

After an untold amount of time, I awakened, the world slowly returning to me after the mysterious blast of amperage. Directly above me, the visage of an anxious woman looking down upon me as I laid on a bed of (what I later discovered to be) straw. I then noticed an aching pain in my left shoulder and head - the latter of which had a linen bandage wrapped haphazardly around it. Touching the place it hurt the most stained my fingers red - the seepage was leaking through - and I yelped in pain.

"Donna be touchin' that, Master Klein. Ya need yar rest, aye. The guards done brought ya 'ere in 'eir carriage not less than two days 'go - what were ya doin' so far from the village & so close to the carnage from the battle?" she asked. "You're not one o' those graverobba's 'oo pillage and steal from 'ose brave men who done fell in honah, are ya?"

Guards? What guards? Battle? Carriage? Klein? Apparently the blast from the shiny coin did more damage to my head than I thought?

THE END

Yeah, totally lame, I know. But I'd like to see you write a story with all the -age words that are pronounced your 'correct' way.

God, I feel like a writer for Final Fantasy or something... uck.