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77
Year Ended December 31,
2011 2010 2009
(in thousands, except gross customer additions and
CPGA)
Calculation of Cost Per Gross Addition (CPGA):
Selling expenses $ 342,019 $ 330,593 $ 302,275
Less: Equipment revenues (419,174)(379,658)(350,130)
Add: Impact to service revenues of promotional activity 778 42,931
Add: Equipment revenue not associated with new customers 261,271 225,115 169,929
Add: Cost of equipment 1,439,595 1,093,944 884,272
Less: Equipment costs not associated with new customers (704,257)(520,972)(275,793)
Gross addition expenses $ 919,454 $ 749,800 $ 773,484
Divided by: Gross customer additions 5,311,276 4,768,011 5,305,505
CPGA $ 173.11 $ 157.26 $ 145.79
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2010 June 30,
2010 September 30,
2010 December 31,
2010
(in thousands, except gross customer additions and CPGA)
Calculation of Cost Per Gross Addition (CPGA):
Selling expenses $ 89,146 $ 86,194 $ 73,380 $ 81,872
Less: Equipment revenues (117,220)(90,399)(78,538)(93,502)
Add: Impact to service revenues of promotional
activity 778 — — —
Add: Equipment revenue not associated with new
customers 63,313 54,392 54,201 53,210
Add: Cost of equipment 313,738 235,354 256,265 288,587
Less: Equipment costs not associated with new
customers (134,744)(113,377)(128,016)(144,834)
Gross addition expenses $ 215,011 $ 172,164 $ 177,292 $ 185,333
Divided by: Gross customer additions 1,470,865 1,047,898 1,104,350 1,144,898
CPGA $ 146.18 $ 164.29 $ 160.54 $ 161.88
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2011 June 30,
2011 September 30,
2011 December 31,
2011
(in thousands, except gross customer additions and CPGA)
Calculation of Cost Per Gross Addition (CPGA):
Selling expenses $ 91,863 $ 78,522 $ 88,702 $ 82,933
Less: Equipment revenues (144,160)(96,161)(74,334)(104,519)
Add: Equipment revenue not associated with new
customers 75,234 59,355 58,026 68,655
Add: Cost of equipment 409,262 342,534 343,473 344,326
Less: Equipment costs not associated with new
customers (192,202)(159,931)(163,610)(188,514)
Gross addition expenses $ 239,997 $ 224,319 $ 252,257 $ 202,881
Divided by: Gross customer additions 1,525,880 1,261,091 1,300,611 1,223,694
CPGA $ 157.28 $ 177.88 $ 193.95 $ 165.79
CPU — We utilize CPU as a tool to evaluate the non-selling cash expenses associated with ongoing business operations
on a per customer basis, to track changes in these non-selling cash costs over time, and to help evaluate how changes in our
business operations affect non-selling cash costs per customer. In addition, CPU provides management with a useful measure to
compare our non-selling cash costs per customer with those of other wireless broadband mobile providers. We believe investors