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		<title>By: Gay sohbet</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-3016133</link>
		<dc:creator>Gay sohbet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks uLan !</description>
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		<title>By: sanal kontör</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2924661</link>
		<dc:creator>sanal kontör</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not the fans in the crowd.</description>
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		<title>By: cet</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2862641</link>
		<dc:creator>cet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>beauty web has-been :)))))</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>beauty web has-been <img src='http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> ))))</p>
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		<title>By: Sabeer Bhatia&#8217;s SabSe Buys Jaxtr; Synergy; Ad Supported VoIP &#124; MediaNama</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2791850</link>
		<dc:creator>Sabeer Bhatia&#8217;s SabSe Buys Jaxtr; Synergy; Ad Supported VoIP &#124; MediaNama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] in all. Soon afterwards, CEO Konstantin Guericke stepped down. Interim CEO Koohestani had told TechCrunch then that on an average, paying members go through $10 worth of jax calling credits in nine days, [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] in all. Soon afterwards, CEO Konstantin Guericke stepped down. Interim CEO Koohestani had told TechCrunch then that on an average, paying members go through $10 worth of jax calling credits in nine days, [...]</p>
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		<title>By: cabin</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2786583</link>
		<dc:creator>cabin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks....
http://www.beymod.com.tr</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks&#8230;.<br />
<a href="http://www.beymod.com.tr" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.beymod.com.tr'>http://www.beymod.com.tr</a></p>
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		<title>By: sohbet</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2785399</link>
		<dc:creator>sohbet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>transcoding and playing various prompts is much more intensive then running web-application where a single server can server millions of users</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>transcoding and playing various prompts is much more intensive then running web-application where a single server can server millions of users</p>
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		<title>By: Jaxtr CEO is out! &#124; Job Postings - Profossor.com</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2746303</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaxtr CEO is out! &#124; Job Postings - Profossor.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] members have been asking for—and then some!   Bahman Koohestani Interim CEO, jaxtr     Source: Techcrunch, [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] members have been asking for—and then some!   Bahman Koohestani Interim CEO, jaxtr     Source: Techcrunch, [...]</p>
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		<title>By: worldkontor</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2728954</link>
		<dc:creator>worldkontor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 23:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldkontor.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Par&#231;a Kont&#246;r &lt;/a&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Johny</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2676700</link>
		<dc:creator>Johny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Folks,

Cheap minutes will never work. I am pretty sure Jaxtr folks know the math. It&#039;s fairly simple if they don&#039;t understand. The cost per minute to run the servers and serve the minute is higher then 1 cent/min + there is a fixed (no matter how small) termination costs. Adding it all up, you got to sell millions of minutes to cover the founder/CEO&#039;s salary let alone a team of staff members (developers, testers, network admins etc etc). Jaxtr was founded on wrong principle and the founders got a kick out of the launch thinking there are so many interested users (much like early days of skype or facebook) and these companies are worth billions so jaxtr must be worth millions at the least. Add that feeling with fat VC investment and you got a pretty good doze MJ here. 
This is why wise entrepreneurs don&#039;t start FREE business. The FREE part is left to collage (yet to) grads (Facebook, google, etc etc). 

If I am missing something, please enlighten me with a math to suggest how many minutes do you need to sell (at what % profit) to make $1M dollar/year. It might help for me to understand how many simultaneous minutes does a server (Xeon or whatever) serve you and add the cost of running that server (assuming you have run and paid for server costs in your life). Basically, transcoding and playing various prompts is much more intensive then running web-application where a single server can server millions of users (literally) ... 
Oh! By the way, investors must have bought into the idea of &quot;We have a clever algorithm that can serve 5000 simultaneous calls per $800 server&quot; but that ain&#039;t working with most tech guys like us who have played with this too long to be fooled ;-)

My 2 cents..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks,</p>
<p>Cheap minutes will never work. I am pretty sure Jaxtr folks know the math. It&#8217;s fairly simple if they don&#8217;t understand. The cost per minute to run the servers and serve the minute is higher then 1 cent/min + there is a fixed (no matter how small) termination costs. Adding it all up, you got to sell millions of minutes to cover the founder/CEO&#8217;s salary let alone a team of staff members (developers, testers, network admins etc etc). Jaxtr was founded on wrong principle and the founders got a kick out of the launch thinking there are so many interested users (much like early days of skype or facebook) and these companies are worth billions so jaxtr must be worth millions at the least. Add that feeling with fat VC investment and you got a pretty good doze MJ here.<br />
This is why wise entrepreneurs don&#8217;t start FREE business. The FREE part is left to collage (yet to) grads (Facebook, google, etc etc). </p>
<p>If I am missing something, please enlighten me with a math to suggest how many minutes do you need to sell (at what % profit) to make $1M dollar/year. It might help for me to understand how many simultaneous minutes does a server (Xeon or whatever) serve you and add the cost of running that server (assuming you have run and paid for server costs in your life). Basically, transcoding and playing various prompts is much more intensive then running web-application where a single server can server millions of users (literally) &#8230;<br />
Oh! By the way, investors must have bought into the idea of &#8220;We have a clever algorithm that can serve 5000 simultaneous calls per $800 server&#8221; but that ain&#8217;t working with most tech guys like us who have played with this too long to be fooled <img src='http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>My 2 cents..</p>
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		<title>By: August Capital Raises A New $650 Million Fund &#124; Reviews Manual</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2661296</link>
		<dc:creator>August Capital Raises A New $650 Million Fund &#124; Reviews Manual</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Jaxtr, VideoEgg, Technorati, and Six Apart. The commission is ease discover on every of those. (Jaxtr forfeited its CEO terminal Oct after feat finished layoffs, and Technorati is disagreeable to redefine itself). But [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Jaxtr, VideoEgg, Technorati, and Six Apart. The commission is ease discover on every of those. (Jaxtr forfeited its CEO terminal Oct after feat finished layoffs, and Technorati is disagreeable to redefine itself). But [...]</p>
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		<title>By: August Capital Raises A New $650 Million Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2660773</link>
		<dc:creator>August Capital Raises A New $650 Million Fund</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Aardvark, Jaxtr, VideoEgg, Technorati, and Six Apart. The jury is still out on all of those. (Jaxtr lost its CEO last October after going through layoffs, and Technorati is trying to redefine itself). But in the [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Aardvark, Jaxtr, VideoEgg, Technorati, and Six Apart. The jury is still out on all of those. (Jaxtr lost its CEO last October after going through layoffs, and Technorati is trying to redefine itself). But in the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Jaxtr’s FreeConnect: Free Mobile Calling Worldwide That Seems Too Good To Be True &#124; GoThinking.net</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2570846</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaxtr’s FreeConnect: Free Mobile Calling Worldwide That Seems Too Good To Be True &#124; GoThinking.net</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] closing an $11 million funding round, the company was forced to lay off 13 employees, and then saw its CEO Konstantin Guericke resign (VP Engineering Bahman Koohestani is acting as an interim [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Jaxtr’s FreeConnect: Free Mobile Calling Worldwide That Seems Too Good To Be True &#124; Q u a r a r a</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2569786</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaxtr’s FreeConnect: Free Mobile Calling Worldwide That Seems Too Good To Be True &#124; Q u a r a r a</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] closing an $11 million funding round, the company was forced to lay off 13 employees, and then saw its CEO Konstantin Guericke resign (VP Engineering Bahman Koohestani is acting as an interim [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Jaxtr cambia de CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2521818</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaxtr cambia de CEO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] de despedir al 30% de la plantilla, el CEO de Jaxtr tiene ahora que buscarse un nuevo trabajo. Konstantin Guericke será reemplazado por el hasta ahora vicepresidente de ingeniería de la compañía, Bahman Koohestani, que por el momento será CEO [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] de despedir al 30% de la plantilla, el CEO de Jaxtr tiene ahora que buscarse un nuevo trabajo. Konstantin Guericke será reemplazado por el hasta ahora vicepresidente de ingeniería de la compañía, Bahman Koohestani, que por el momento será CEO [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Sunbury</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2521527</link>
		<dc:creator>Sunbury</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And yet, offering more insight than you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And yet, offering more insight than you.</p>
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		<title>By: Nom Nom</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520987</link>
		<dc:creator>Nom Nom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>bjork&#039;s stalker Ricardo Lopez called back from the grave. he wants his latent homosexual comments back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bjork&#8217;s stalker Ricardo Lopez called back from the grave. he wants his latent homosexual comments back.</p>
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		<title>By: Nom Nom</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520971</link>
		<dc:creator>Nom Nom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hahahahahahaha.. i just pissed myself. give this man an emmy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hahahahahahaha.. i just pissed myself. give this man an emmy.</p>
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		<title>By: Nom Nom</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520969</link>
		<dc:creator>Nom Nom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>damn. a bit negative are we.

scratch that. sounds like bitterness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>damn. a bit negative are we.</p>
<p>scratch that. sounds like bitterness.</p>
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		<title>By: mh123</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520916</link>
		<dc:creator>mh123</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ebay should bring CMC back in and make him CEO of Skype!</description>
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		<title>By: Another CMC Fan</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520899</link>
		<dc:creator>Another CMC Fan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Because I&#039;m CMC
I&#039;m dyn-o-mite
CMC
And I&#039;ll win the fight
CMC
I&#039;m a powerload
CMC
Watch me explode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because I&#8217;m CMC<br />
I&#8217;m dyn-o-mite<br />
CMC<br />
And I&#8217;ll win the fight<br />
CMC<br />
I&#8217;m a powerload<br />
CMC<br />
Watch me explode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Roundup: Campaign enters last weekend, specter of deflation looms, tech layoffs soar &#187; VentureBeat</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520878</link>
		<dc:creator>Roundup: Campaign enters last weekend, specter of deflation looms, tech layoffs soar &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] CEO is out &#8211; Konstantin Guericke resigns, not long after big layoffs at the VOIP service [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Jaxtr: 30 percent employees and now the CEO gets fired &#124; Startup Meme</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520812</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaxtr: 30 percent employees and now the CEO gets fired &#124; Startup Meme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] [via TechCrunch] [...]</description>
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		<title>By: why</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520763</link>
		<dc:creator>why</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CMC fan, you and I are like a peas in a pod :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CMC fan, you and I are like a peas in a pod <img src='http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: CMC Fan</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520461</link>
		<dc:creator>CMC Fan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seriously, why promote the VP of Engineering instead of CMC?  Like his profile says, CMC co-founded eBay Express, a top 100 internet retailer.  CHUNG is king!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seriously, why promote the VP of Engineering instead of CMC?  Like his profile says, CMC co-founded eBay Express, a top 100 internet retailer.  CHUNG is king!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Anil</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/jaxtr-ceo-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2520442</link>
		<dc:creator>Anil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was never an advocate for cheap minutes. The business is not viable and there is no real IP in the concept. Competition is too much to bite.

However when put to the business context as what 800PBX, RC, GotVMail have done, it would see immense potential.

Good luck Jaxtr. You need it all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was never an advocate for cheap minutes. The business is not viable and there is no real IP in the concept. Competition is too much to bite.</p>
<p>However when put to the business context as what 800PBX, RC, GotVMail have done, it would see immense potential.</p>
<p>Good luck Jaxtr. You need it all.</p>
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