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Cash Flow Statement - a simple explanation

July 22, 2008 – 12:32 am

Cash Flow statement explained

By Sandi Mays | Comments (0)

Balance Sheet - a simple explanation

July 18, 2008 – 12:30 am

The Balance Sheet - a simple explanation

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P&L or Income Statement - simple user’s guide

July 17, 2008 – 12:25 am

Understanding an income statement

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Debits and Credits - Accounting 101

July 16, 2008 – 12:27 am

Debits and credits explained

By Sandi Mays | Comments (2)

SBC and Capital Intensity Ratios

July 14, 2008 – 12:04 am

Capital Intensity Ratios used to Approve SBC

By Sandi Mays | Also posted in Other Guest Bloggers | Comments (0)

MEGO

July 12, 2008 – 12:48 am

MEGO = My Eyes Glaze Over

By Sandi Mays | Comments (0)

Novation - I learned a new word

July 11, 2008 – 3:22 pm

Novation - substitution of a new contract for an old one

By Sandi Mays | Comments (0)

Should Changes in Volume Discounts be counted in Net Installs?

May 29, 2008 – 9:29 am

Question from Rachelle Haid

This month we installed service to a customer who has a volume discount.  This installation caused them to meet a threshold where they will get a larger discount on every active service that they have with us.  Should we count the increased discount in net installs.

Answer:
Since we define net installs as the change […]

By Sandi Mays | Also posted in Rachelle Haid | Comments (0)

Should disconnects due to customer bankruptcy impact the reported net installs?

May 28, 2008 – 11:30 am

Should disconnects due to bankruptcy impact the reported net installs?

By Sandi Mays | Also posted in Churn | Comments (0)

Can I count this as a sale?

May 15, 2008 – 5:14 pm

Question from Rachelle Haid

We have a large order volume from a single customer this month.  Some of these orders are adds and some are drops.  The customer has a porting clause in their Service Agreement.   Should I count the adds as new sales and the drops as disconnects, or should I net the amounts and only […]

By Sandi Mays | Also posted in Rachelle Haid, Sales Reporting | Comments (0)