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[Николай Шатохин <n.shatokhin@xxxxxxxxx>]

The rate of collection of money has slowed :(


2013/7/30 John Kim <johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>

> Farewell to 3G is more than welcome. Glad Ubuntu edge will be a 4G phone!
>
> Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx>이 씀:
>
>> No Problem, I bout fell over when I read it! :-) we really need to spread
>> the word about this as there are probably ALOT of people that are on
>> Verizon or Sprint that looked, seen it was most likely was GSM and moved
>> on.
>>
>> OMG Ububtu needs to cover this with a BIG article and include at least
>> one if not multiple source stating Verizon will completely switch to LTE.
>> More recent the better.
>>
>> Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> That's astonishing. I thought it would be about 2016 before LTE would be
>>> used for voice and texting, but apparently Verizon is moving things along
>>> quite rapidly:
>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57591213-94/verizon-says-first-lte-only-phones-to-arrive-in-late-2014/
>>>
>>> That says late 2014. This is a short production run of an ultra advanced
>>> product. A few months early is less than surprising. So yes, this sounds
>>> like it will work on Verizon. I apologize for being wrong earlier, I had no
>>> idea that they would roll this out.
>>> On Jul 29, 2013 7:05 PM, "Daniel Clem" <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> NEW UPDATE!!! The Indiegogo page now states specifically states the
>>>> Edge will work with "LTE and GSM networks, including Verizon and Sprint” !!!
>>>>
>>>> Taking it exactly as it reads, that means it will not work on CDMA 3G.
>>>> But once Verizon's LTE spreads to rural areas, the both voice and data will
>>>> most likely switch to all LTE and phase out CDMA over a few years until all
>>>> the (at that point) 3G legacy phones are no longer uses.
>>>>
>>>> What do you guys think??
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I deleted the more relevant mail already, so sorry for being out of
>>>>> order. But we have a GSM phone and account from a pay as you go company
>>>>> called "Tracfone”. Is this Sim card compatible with?? If so I will
>>>>> definitely pledge one I have 830 saved.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nice, thx for recording the data and the graph.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> did you get any data on individuals who may had purchased multiple
>>>>>> times consecutively? , how many each individual got ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I Think indiegogo only lets you select one perk even if you add more
>>>>>> cash to the amount.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So it wouldn't be a surprise if some made multiple purchases
>>>>>> consecutively.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway this will be a crucial week, hope their double edge and other
>>>>>> perks get mass acceptance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> From: coder543@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:41:00 -0500
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Edge (the Ubuntu handset)
>>>>>> To: estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, this will probably help. This is the amount of funding the
>>>>>> project had received over time. The data was sampled at a rate of once
>>>>>> every 90 seconds. You can clearly see the moment when the $600 phone option
>>>>>> ran out. Calculating the trend line for the second half of the graph
>>>>>> indicates that the campaign will raise about $20,000,000 total over the
>>>>>> full period of the campaign, which is not enough. I believe that this is
>>>>>> the reason Canonical introduced the Double Edge option a few minutes ago,
>>>>>> which might boost sales by a little bit more. Hopefully this clarifies my
>>>>>> point. There lines are very smooth. If a company bought 100 units all at
>>>>>> once, there would be a visible blip on the graph, in my opinion. That would
>>>>>> be $60,000 in pledges all at once, which would break the monotony of the
>>>>>> graph.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not saying companies *couldn't* buy from the indiegogo deal. I'm
>>>>>> just saying the companies with the money to buy from this fundraiser
>>>>>> wouldn't be able to move fast enough to have gotten in on the 1st day of
>>>>>> sales. Companies move slowly for the most part, and I was watching the
>>>>>> sales figures carefully. I've even plotted them on a graph over time as the
>>>>>> data has come in, starting at about $1.5million dollars in sales. I
>>>>>> should've started the data collection earlier, but I stupidly didn't think
>>>>>> to. I watched the number from the start though, even though they weren't
>>>>>> being recorded. The rates were constant. There was no bulk purchase done by
>>>>>> any one company. If you would like to review my numbers, I can send you the
>>>>>> spreadsheet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >Stores and resellers were not purchasing from indiegogo yesterday.
>>>>>> There might have been one or two, but that's simply not what happened. This
>>>>>> whole campaign is all about individuals buying these phones. I don't want
>>>>>> to see this campaign fail anymore than you do. People will either buy them
>>>>>> at $830, or they won't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes... sure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I didn't see anywhere that said limited one per client.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or that you shouldn't get involved with business reasons in mind and
>>>>>> get a bunch of them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's nothing to lose at the moment, which makes it even better. In
>>>>>> fact anyone can come in and buy most of the 35k remaining, I don't think
>>>>>> its prohibited.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe even companies got into the discounted 600 tier and took
>>>>>> their share and is why you see 0 in the enterprise tier. Why would you as a
>>>>>> company pay 80/160k when you can pay 60/120k right there (Big discount in
>>>>>> one go), is a no brainer, they wouldn't survive as companies by being dumb
>>>>>> about $, specially on this economy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>     Josh
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>     Josh
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