I’ve purchased almost everything around me at this point. What’s left? Sell. Or build - which is what we’re doing now.
> On Aug 23, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I seem to remember this thread started with a post about buying, but there > seems to be a lot of interest in selling. I wonder why. > > Is it because customers are getting on our nerves? I know they’re getting on > mine. Everyone is stuck in their house doing everything on the Internet and > whining about it and waiting until the last minute and then needing stuff > right now this minute because we’re > streaming/gaming/Zooming/eLearning/teleworking here. Plus doing construction > on our house and the contractors are here right now taking your dish off the > roof or putting siding nails through your cable. Or they’re buying/selling > houses because interest rates are like zero or to move away from the virus or > to a different school district. > > > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2020 10:05 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Buying and selling ISP’s > > I know it *CAN* be anything. > > I'm asking what it is for successful, arms-length, nothing special > transactions. I do expect there to be a range. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > Midwest Internet Exchange > > The Brothers WISP > > > > From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 10:28:58 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Buying and selling ISP’s > > That can be anything. There is no connection between revenue and earnings. > You can have $2M in revenue but -$5M in income if you burned cash to > generate sales. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 22, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Right, but what I'm asking is that if 5x EDIBTA = Y, then what was Y / annual > revenue? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > Midwest Internet Exchange > > The Brothers WISP > > > > From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 10:01:44 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Buying and selling ISP’s > > Whatever 5x your earnings are. Not sales or revenue or gross profit but > bottom line earnings on your income statement/ pl. Your taxable income. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 22, 2020, at 8:16 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What does the revenue multiplier end up being, though? > > 5x EBIDTA / revenue gets you what, in purchases that have been made? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > Midwest Internet Exchange > > The Brothers WISP > > > > From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 8:20:47 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Buying and selling ISP’s > > 5 x ebidta > Revenue multiples are of no value. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 21, 2020, at 5:30 PM, cjwstudios <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 1x annual revenue and hope the customers stay on > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 5:43 PM Matt Hoppes > <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the issue I’ve always had when I’ve looked at buying an ISP. It > always seems like a lot more money I would have to put out to buy then I > could just build and take the customers if something is wrong with the > current network. > > > > > On Aug 21, 2020, at 12:43 PM, Seth Mattinen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On 8/20/20 8:13 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > > >> I think you either buy or sell, isp isnt really a flip thing > > > > > > > > > There is/was someone in my part of the country buying up ISPs and trying to > > package them all together as a flip. My ISP customers tell me it's far > > easier to get the flipper's customers to cancel and switch than buy their > > company. > > > > > > -- > > > AF mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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