widemouth... you simply made a math error and you are too pompous to admit it.
Lazs, please show me where he made an error in his math?
WideWing wrote - Even if there were 5,000 subscribers paying $15 monthly, that still only adds up to $75,000.
5,000 x $15.00 = $75,000 per month.
I believe that what WW was trying to say is on a monthly basis on the surface it would appear almost magical that HTC can do all this work on only $75,000 a month. Most expenses are monthly.
If their average Salary per person was $3000, then that eats about $24,000 , leaving approx $51,000
then figure in Building lease, utilities, insurance maybe $5000, leaving $46,000
Then you got new equipment, equipment maintenance, ISP fees, that may vary between 4,000 to 6,000 a month, leaving approx $40,000
Then theres marketing, advertisment, office supplies, phone lines, taxes, attorney fees, Beer, Pizza, Crayons and paper for Superfly, Natedog, and Pyro and those big erasers for Hitech when he's correcting code.
And don't forget the money they make off deals like the one with Red Baron Pizza.
All these figures are merely speculation on my part and are probably grossly underestimated especially the expenses for Beer and crayons.
When all comes down to it, its none of my business really of course I'm just happy to have Aces High to play and they must be doing alright or else we wouldn't be here having these discussions.
AirScrew