I quit. If Steve is going to start posting serious stuff this list has lost all it’s entertainment value. How am I supposed to justify a new monitor and keyboard if it’s not covered in coffee?
Mark > On Aug 18, 2022, at 12:21 AM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > <serious post by steve> > A buddy of mine and I have partnered up and are offering what we feel is some > pretty fair WISP pricing to drill and pull fiber in. We are offering 36 month > financing if we have trust, We really think our rates will get you to ROI > before you pay us off. > We "can '' do drops too, but honestly, I dont want to. > Its limited range from our service territories and limited availability, he > owns a WISP/FISP and I work full time for one so we can really only peel away > about 5 days at a time (we can do more, but Im still under employer > arrangement that has some implications). We did complete 4500 feet of duct > and vaults in 4 days and a cleanup day, so thats a production reference. > Clean work, We avoid swearing too much. I dig holes when Im not busy, he on > the other hand will sell every customer in the neighborhood, so youll need to > be prepared for the drop demand of a high take rate. I'm serious about that, > he will oversell your ability to install. As good as that sounds, you have to > be prepared for a take rate you might not be accustomed to. > We do clean work, there will be turf scuff, but when we leave, your customers > will be talking about how well we preserved their neighborhood. > We prefer rural subdivision/neighborhood work to metro. > We have 7x11, 10x15, Hydrovac, Mini, LM42, 8550A, dump trailer, utility > locator, fusion splicers, splice trailer, etc (and an ungodly amount of > shovels), so we have the base tools to get the work done. But we would have > to discuss a mobilization rate that matches the job demand. > We can acquire materials, and do maintain some on hand, the preference is you > provide the materials, or if an acquisition is needed we take a moment to > bulk it out among multiple providers to offset some costs. > We both operate in the small market, so we know the limitations of the bank > account and we both have some spite regarding the big guys. > If youre interested, send me a brief description of what you have going on > and we will get with you to see if we can fit in each others pockets. > Most of you folks are aware of me, its good cop bad cop with him and I, not > sure which is which. > I firmly believe that the little guy needs a break, Id like to think we are > that break. SBA required I write a full business plan, I didnt get any dough > from them, but part of that plan was a percentage of time committed to help > the part of this industry I grew up in. Every one of us who has to take that > buyout check from the behemoths only hurts our consumer customers in the long > run, and I firmly believe in being the thorn in their side for the longest > amount of time possible. > We can do turnkey from upstream to customers PC, but we prefer to handle duct > and fiber. > > </serious post by steve> > -- > 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
