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How much are you worth to Apple?

Think you're worth 3 bucks a month? Or even 11 bucks a month? Those are the figures being bandied around today over at Seeking Alpha regarding the secret details of AT&T's revenue sharing with Apple. The post suggests that AT&T may be paying Apple $3/month for AT&T customers who switch to the iPhone and $11/month for iPhone customers who have switched carriers to AT&T. They cite a recent Piper Jaffray research note authored by analyst Gene Munster.

That sounds like a lot of money to me (especially for the switching customers) heading off to Apple along with the revenues on the physical iPhone sales.